TALLEST - Font cover in England - St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk
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N 52° 19.698 E 001° 40.738
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1930's font cover by F E Howard, at 24ft high apparently the tallest in England.
Waymark Code: WMKY48
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/12/2014
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"The font cover is a replacement for the one destroyed by Dowsing in 1643 and it stands at a staggering 24 feet high! For baptisms a cable and pulley system with a counter weight has to be deployed to raise the cover to enable the Vicar to reach the holy water."
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The 24ft high font cover, 1930's by F E Howard, a pupil of Sir Ninian Comper. Apparently the tallest font cover in England.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Internet sources
Location of coordinates: St Edmund's Church, Southwold
Web Site: Not listed
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