Landulph

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01502LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [base only] [re-cut], Late Norman? / Early English? [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Leonard and St. Dilpe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard & St. Dilpe
Church Address: Landulph, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 6NG. United Kingdom
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the W banks of the Tamar river, N of Saltash
Additional Comments: recycled font / composite font: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Noted in Cox (1912): "Font, c. 1200, supported on 5 shafts, bears date 1660, when it was restored and replaced in church after Puritan ejection ; used to have initials of churchwardens of that date, but has had a text inscribed during recent years." A booklet published in the mid-1930s and written by the then Rector of the parish, the Rev. J. H. Adams informs: "The font. The base is probably Norman. The plain octagonal bowl of Roborough stone has the following inscription cut on three of the sides: "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not. S.Y. 1660.' S.Y. may represent the initials of the donor" [or, a churchwarden, as suggested in Cox above]. Pevsner (1970) is not very forthcoming on this object: "Font. Plain, octagonal, on five supports."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 414036 5587447
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.43274, -4.2104
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 25′ 57.86″ N, 4° 12′ 37.44″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, [Roborough stone?]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on three sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM NOT. S. Y. 1660"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Adams ([1935?])

REFERENCES

  • Adams, J.H., Notes on Landulph Church, London: S.P.C.K., [1935?]
  • Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 138
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 193
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 88