Church Broughton
Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
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design element - motifs - circle - intersecting
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - zigzag
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church Broughton, Derbyshire, St Michael"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Kelly, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 4 August 2018 by Dave Kelly [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5904085] [accessed 17 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 01093CHU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Church Rd, Church Broughton, Derby DE65 5BB, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A50, 22 km WSW of Derby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Appletree Hundred / Wapentake
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font]
Church Notes: early-12thC church; modified 14th, 15th and 18thC; restored 1886
Font Notes:
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Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy example of Norman tub font with characteristic ornamentation. Noted in Pevsner (1978): Font. Norman, of tapering tub-shape, with a large zigzag motif and, superimposed on it, large intersecting circles." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK2052833765] notes: "Parish Church. C12, early C14, C15, early C18 and 1845 [...] C12 tapering tub font, with bold motif of zigzag and intersecting circles. Similar to one at Somersal Herbert."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.898556, -1.6967
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 53′ 54.8″ N, 1° 41′ 48.12″ W
UTM: 30U 587668 5861781
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat round base with ribbed dome and finial; 19th century?
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles J., English Church Fittings Furniture and Accessories, London: B.T. Batsford, 1922
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978