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view of font in context

the font after the church was hit by lightning in July 1939
Scene Description: the font after the church was hit by lightning in July 1939
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: 1939 B&W photograph reproduced in [http://www.fenlander.info/quadring-st-margs.htm] [accessed 9 August 2010]
Copyright Instructions: Permission to reproduce granted by Tom Hall, who had received the photograph from a local ex-school teacher

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01229QUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: Spalding PE11 4SQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7803 875638
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on th A152, 11 km NW of Spalding
Additional Comments: damaged font - repaired font -- permit req'd from Sandra and Tom Hall estakalua@tiscali.co.uk 9 aug 2010
Font Notes:
Noted in Allen (1833): "In this church there is a very curious ancient font with eight faces on which some fanciful devices are cut there is also a latin inscription but the persons name cannot be made out 'Pray for the soul of --------------- who caused this font to be erected'". Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font which a Latin inscription [cf. Inscription area] around the base. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with angels holding shields." Sandra & Tom Hall's website entry for St. Margaret's includes a 1939 photograph that shows the font when it was damaged by lightning: "At the entrance to the bell tower stands the font, it has an ancient Latin inscription at the base mentioning the Percy family - "Pray for the soul of Robert Percy who caused this font to be made". The font has signs of new stonework, it was damaged in 1939 when lightning struck the church tower and stonework fell on the font."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tom Hall for facilitating the 1939 photograph of the damaged font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 689644 5863756
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.89, -0.181
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 53′ 24″ N, 0° 10′ 51.6″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: Round the base
Inscription Text: "Orate pro a[n]i[m]a Roberti Perci qui istum fontem fieri fecit"
Inscription Notes: probably the name of the donor
Inscription Source: Cox & Harvey (1907: 183)

REFERENCES

  • Allen, Thomas, The History of the County of Lincoln, from the earliest period to the present time [...], London & Lincoln: John Saunders, Junior, 1833-, vol. 1: 358
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 183
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 604