Lilliesleaf

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Image Source: Walker (1887: 370)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00933LIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: B6400, Melrose TD6 9JD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1835 826751
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Scottish Borders
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km ESE of Selkirk (take the A7 S to the B6400 just before Ashkirk and follow the latter to Lilliesleaf
Font Location in Church: Close to the side of one of the entrance doors to the church
Described and illustrated in Walker (1887) as a plain bucket-shaped baptismal font basin with a rather narrow and shallow inside well. Centre drain hole.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.51935, -2.73151
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 31′ 9.66″ N, 2° 43′ 53.44″ W
UTM: 30U 516952 6152619

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 45 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm
Basin Depth: 22.5 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 370)

REFERENCES

Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; r["References"]