Goldington / Goldentone / Goldinton / Goldyngton / Goldyngtone

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MJ Richardson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 December 2008 by MJ Richardson [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1074688] [accessed 15 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01236GOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Lane, Goldington, Bedfordshire, MK41 0AP
Site Location: Bedfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A428, just W of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Great Barford
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
There are five entries for Goldington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL0750/goldington/] [accessed 15 September 2015], none of which mention cleric or church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) report a noteworthy example of 14th-century baptismal font in this church. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 2011) notes: "The church of Goldington was included in the foundation charter of Newnham Priory [i.e., mid-12th century] [...] There are no details in the church earlier than the 15th century, except the arch to the south aisle, which seems to be a bay of a 13th-century arcade, [...] The font, which is near the west end of the nave, is of the 14th century, and is circular on a circular pedestal, with ball-flowers on the chamfer under the bowl." Noted in Pevsner (1968): "Font. Early C14, round, with ballflower on the underside."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 675973 5780566
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.147524, -0.428004
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 8′ 51.08″ N, 0° 25′ 40.81″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 186
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968, p. 93