Perhaps one of the most interesting furnishings in St Michael and All Angel's church is the baptismal font. Although, many centuries old and remrkedly in good condition, it continues to serve the community to this day. It is not age alone which makes the font so special but also the unique form of its decoration and the scars that it bears.

The octagonal stone font is located at the rear of the church in the nave, as you walk in from the south porch. There appears to be no date for the font, it is never mentioned, but it is undoubtedly medieval.

Traces of old paint and gilding, perhaps medieval, still survive where modern paint has not covered it over. It appears to have been placed in its present position, from looking at the stone of its step, in recent times, probably in 1863.

The tiles around the font are a combination of single tiles and panels of four tiles forming a large cross area around the font. The sections in the corners and sides are laid at contrasting angles, giving increasing layers of complexity to the overall pattern. The square area is itself surrounded by borders of red and black tiles in geometric arrangements.

Font: A receptacle for water, used for baptism. Early Christian baptism took place by total immersion, so the baptismal font was large and generally built into the floor of a separate building. Later, particularly in northern Europe, child baptism replaced adult baptism so the font could be made smaller and was usually placed at the entrance to the church building itself.