Harrington nr. Spilsby / Harington
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view of font - south side
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human figure - head - 8
Scene Description: the three visible here are probably human, though the one on the left is rather gotesque
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: at the angles, between the heads
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view of basin - south side
Scene Description: showing three of the charged shields, heads, floral motifs
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symbol - shield - hanging shield - coat of arms - 8
Scene Description: related to the Copuldyks [aka Coppledike, Coppledyke], the Tilneys and their families; the one on the right is probably John Copuldyks, sheriff of Lincoln (?) [cf. FontNotes]
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2014 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4150066] [accessed 13 July 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 13 June 2017 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/jpguffogg/35503229736/] [accessed 12 July 2019]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the top of the lead-lined basin of the font visible in the foreground, left side
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design element - motifs - tracery
Scene Description: on some of the sides of the pedestal base; rather crude rendering
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design element - motifs - floral - in a quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil
Scene Description: on at least one of the sides of the pedestal base
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: several, on some of the sides of the pedestal base
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view of font - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Allan Barton, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Allan Barton [aka Vitrearum] of Lincolnshire Churches
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human figure - head - grotesque or fantastic
Scene Description: at some of the angles of the underbowl; some appear simian, grotesque
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Allan Barton, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Allan Barton [aka Vitrearum] of Lincolnshire Churches
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design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: at some of the angles of the underbowl; one appears to be a square flower; another, four-petaled
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Allan Barton [aka Vitrearum] of Lincolnshire Churches
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view of basin - east side
Scene Description: showing three of the charged shields, heads, floral motifs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Allan Barton, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Allan Barton [aka Vitrearum] of Lincolnshire Churches
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01168HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1480?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Ln, Harrrington, Spilsby PE23 4N, UK -- Tel.: 01790 752344
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A158, 8 km NNW of Spilsby, 15 km ENE of Horncastle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Notes:
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There is no individual entry for this Harrington in the Domesday survey. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a heraldic baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here [NB: Cox & Harvey use "Harington"]. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Octagonal. Perp[endicular], with panelled stem and a bowl on whose panels angels hold shields with coats of arms." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF3673171856] notes: "Parish church. C13, rebuilt 1854-5 by S. S. Teulon. [...] C15 ashlar font, the shaft decorated with blind perpendicular tracery, the octagonal bowl with 8 shields with single carved heads over." The octagonal basin has a charged shield on each side; the shields are of the 'hanging shield' type, but in this case the hanging handle hooks around the neck of a head, some human (cleric, burgher, etc.), some animal or grotesque [NB: they are not the tradional angels]; the heads are set between large floral or foliage motifs; the coats of arms on the shields are deeply carved, which has helped their survival and identification; they are said to represent the arms the Copuldyks [aka Coppledike, Coppledyke] and Tilneys, and their respective families; two of them, John and Margaret, who may have been buried in the church, beneath the chancel, are said to be the donors of the font; successive relatives of this couple have monuments in this church. The basin is raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base decorated with tracery and floral motifs; the lower base is square with a chamfered top; there is a square block attached to the back ot it, as a standing stone. There is no cover evident in sight.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 302899 5901507
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.2262, 0.0467
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 13' 34" N, 0° 2' 48" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 170
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 369