Foremark

INFORMATION

FontID: 01563FOR
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Saviour
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Church Location: Church Ln, Foremark DE65 6EJ, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km W of Melbourn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Font Location in Church: In the SW corner, by the tower
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1881: "the font, apparently Early English, consists of a bowl on a pilar-shaped base, 2 feet in diameter by 3 feet 6 inches high". Listed in Cox (1907) as a baptismal font of the early English period. The position of the font is illustrated in Addleshaw & Etchells (1948), in the southwest corner of the nave, by the tower. The United Benefice of Breedon and Worthington web site [www.benefice.org.uk/staunton_harold_church/index.php] [accessed 20 December 2006] notes that the font cover at Foremark St Saviour's was made ca. 1662, just a few years later than the one at Staunton Harold (Leics.)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.835197, -1.512333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 50′ 6.71″ N, 1° 30′ 44.4″ W
UTM: 30U 600215 5854975

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in ft & in in Kelly (1881)]

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1662
Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Addleshow, George William Outram, The Architectural Setting of Anglican Worship: an Inquiry into the Arrangements for Public Worship in the Church of England from the Reformation to the Present day, London: Faber and Faber, 1948
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881