Ockbrook

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01556OCK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church St, Ockbrook, Derby DE72 3RB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1332 820084
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6.5 km E of Derby
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory for 1891 reports: "a new font was placed in the church in 1878, in memory of the late vicar, replacing an older and still existing font of the 12th century" [source: 1996-2006 transcription by Ann & Andy Andrews reproduced in The Andrews Pages [www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/wingfieldnorth.htm]. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as baptismal font of the Norman period. Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. Norman, tub-shaped, with interlaced arches."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 609512 5864297
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.91716, -1.37123
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 55′ 1.78″ N, 1° 22′ 16.43″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
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, p. 280
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 27, 293