#FontsOnFriday

C15th sacramental font which originally came from the Church of St. Mary in the Marsh - parish church for the cathedral close at Norwich Cathedral. The church which was closed in 1564 & the font is now located in St. Luke’s Chapel at Norwich Cathedral 📸 My own #FontsOnFriday

The 15th Century seven sacrament font at Badingham, Suffolk, one of the very best of this sumptuous East Anglian series. #FontsOnFriday

The wonderful Norman font of St. Mary’s Church at Kirkburn in East Yorkshire. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #Kirkburn #Yorkshire

A fabulous lion from the Herefordshire School on the font at the church of St Mary Magdalene, Eardisley. The font, in a large cup shape, is a fine example of this type craftsmanship, combining 12C Romanesque style cues with Celtic-style interwoven work above and below the frieze. #FontsOnFriday

At St Peter’s by the river Cam strange merman clasp their tails. In this part of Cambridge, below the castle, you get a real sense of a much older, smaller city, set intimately by the river as it winds towards the fens. #FontsOnFriday

#FontsOnFriday & what must be one of the most remarkable Romanesque fonts in England - this gorgeous Hereford School example from Castle Frome For more #ChurchCrawling in the Welsh Marches & Shropshire, watch the episode here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=c….

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJForJuxtaposition Old cathedral/new font Salisbury Also #FontsOnFriday

The 15th century font at St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire has an unusual cover. It’s made from a medieval misericord rescued from the choir. #FontsonFriday

Two former chocolate factory copper bowls, now a font, in Norwich cathedral. The west window is by George Hedgeland. #FontsOnFriday #StainedGlassSunday

Church of All Saints, Holbeton, Devon A late 19th Century font. Such beautiful use of highly polished “marble”. Maybe part of the restoration scheme 1885-9 by J. D. Sedding?? #FontsOnFriday

Cathedral of St Kilian, Würzburg, Germany Nearly 750 years old! Detail from a baptismal font of 1279 CE by Master Eckard of Worms, #FontsOnFriday

The decorated octagonal font of St. Mary’s Church at Beverley in East Yorkshire. The font is made from Derbyshire marble and was given to the church in 1530 by William Leryfaxe, a local draper. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #Beverley #Yorkshire