46 derbyshire fonts. 



Church Broughton. 

 This is a most interesting font, decorated in a very unusual 

 manner; I have never seen or heard of any like it. The 

 ornament is certainly neither elaborate nor well cut, and 

 consists of interlaced circles and triangles. 



Font at Church Broughton. 



These are doubtless intended to illustrate Eternity and the 

 Holy Trinity respectively. The triangles are hardly worthy of 

 the name, as their geometrical form is in most cases sadly 

 wanting. It seems as though the carver had lost the " thread " 

 of his design, and had joined up the lines in any way he 

 could. A feature of the eastern side is the long shafted cross 



