Horsley nr. Derby / Horselei

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view of church exterior - east view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01571HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Clement [and St. John]
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement [& St. John]
Church Location: 16-2 Church St, Derby, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A38, 8-9 km N of Derby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Hundred of Morleystone
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mårten stenmästare
There is an entry for this Horsley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK3744/horsley/] [accessed 19 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list the font here as a noteworthy example of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font. Big, Perp[endicular[, octagonal." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK3754044502 ] notes: "Parish church. Early C14, mid C15 with restoration 1858-60. [...] The font is C15 with octagonal bowl decorated with fleurons, stem probably restored in C19."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.996425, -1.441686
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 59′ 47.13″ N, 1° 26′ 30.07″ W
UTM: 30U 604584 5873009

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978