Longford nr. Derby / Laganford
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2005 by Craig Thornber [http://www.thornber.net/england/htmlfiles/longford.html] [accessed 22 December 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2005 by Craig Thornber [http://www.thornber.net/england/htmlfiles/longford.html] [accessed 22 December 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01554LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [re-cut], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Chad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Church Address: Long Ln, Longford, Ashbourne DE6, United Kingdom
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A515, N of the A50, WNW of Derby
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font / re-cut font
Font Notes:
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Kelly's Directory of 1891 reports a Norman font in this church, "which has a plain and massive bowl". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The font is now [2008] a composite arrangement with the old Norman basin probably re-cut at the underbowl and raised on a modern base of clustered columns, and a two step circular plinth [NB: it is unclear whether the carved pattern on the underbowl was part of the original decoration or a later addition when the font was re-mounted, though most likely the latter in view of Kelly's description [cf. supra]]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for his photographs of church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 588598 5866795
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.943464, -1.681506
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 56′ 36.47″ N, 1° 40′ 53.42″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 195
- Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891, [cited in http://andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/longford.htm [accessed 22 December 2008]]