Kneeton St Helen

Features and Fittings

Font

Pulpit
Reader's desk Poor box

Font – near the north side of the tower arch. Early English in the form of a kettle-drum, perfectly plain with the exception of an incised line near its upper edge, and a right-angled projection which indicates that at one time it stood in a corner. It was 2 feet 4 inches in diameter, 2 feet high, and stood on a wide circular base 8 inches high.

Pulpit – carved oak – probably from the Victorian restoration.

Lectern – carved oak – probably from the Victorian restoration.

Reader's desk – carved oak – probably from the Victorian restoration.

Chest – plain wooden chest in the base of the tower.

Poor Box – adjacent to the south doorway, now used for donations, this is a section of a 15th century timber, stood on-end and partially hollowed-out to make a receptacle for coins. There is no indication as to where the timber came from.