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SOME DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



the figures sculptured in the panels represent S. Paul, S. Peter, 

 Edward the Confessor, or David, S. Augustine, a figure with 

 scroll, S. John the Baptist, a figure which might be any saint, 

 and S. Chad. 



V. — The font at Tideswell belongs to the Perpendicular 

 period, and Mr. Smith adds that the church has one of the 

 earliest Perpendicular towers in the country. He tells us the 

 story of the restoration of the font by the late rector. Canon 



Fig. 4. — Font at Bakewell. 



Andrew, who discovered it " turned upside down in a rubbish 

 heap," which reminds us of that of the Smalley font, told in a 

 previous page of this volume. " On the middle panel is an 

 open book, on the left a chalice, and on the right an uncharged 

 shield. All the other sides have various devices on them.'' 

 Mr. Smith would seem to have relied for his descriptions upon 

 his excellent photographs, as otherwise he would no doubt 

 have completed his details, and in the Youlgreave instance 

 he says " there are three fleur-de-lys, as will be seen from the 



