Horsley nr. Derby / Horselei
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view of church exterior - east view
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Image Source: digital photogrph taken 26 May 2012 by Rob Howl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Clements,_Horsley,_Derbyshire.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01571HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mårten stenmästare
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Clement [and St. John]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement [& St. John]
Church Address: 16-2 Church St, Derby, UK
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A38, 8-9 km N of Derby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Hundred of Morleystone
Additional Comments: restored font? (stem of the present font restored 19thC?) -- disappeared font? (the one from the late-13th or early-14thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 604584 5873009
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.996425, -1.441686
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 59′ 47.13″ N, 1° 26′ 30.07″ W
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, p. 195
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 249