Sandiacre
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01567SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gilles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Address: Church Dr, Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5EE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 939 7163
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the county border with Notts., 14 km E of Derby and 10 km SW of Nottingham
Font Notes:
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Reported in Kelly's Directory of 1891: "The font is Late Decorated". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy example of the Late Decorated period. Noted in Pevsner (1978) as a font "of high quality and unusual design."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 615125 5865919
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.930556, -1.287222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 55′ 50″ N, 1° 17′ 14″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
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. 294
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 313