Weston / Weston-near-Spalding
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view of font and cover in context
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2007 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/571558] [accessed 27 January 2019]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Fairweather, 2002
Image Source: Peter Fairweather, Lincoln
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a Simpson (1828: 33)
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged)
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: a foliage [or 'Tree of life'?] motif is each of the eight compartments of the basin side
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design element - architectural - column - 8
Scene Description: equally spaced around the outer sides of the basin
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Weston. Built in C12 with some additions in C14 and C15. Restored by George Gilbert Scott 1858-67".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bikeboy, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2015 by Bikeboy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4446565] [accessed 27 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Phil Champion, 2017
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bearas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2017 by Bearas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vestono_Šv._Marijos_bažnyčia.jpg] [accessed 27 January 2019]
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view of font in context - northwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pictured during the annual South Holland Church Flower Festivals."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2010 by Dean Bird, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 27 January 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Early English 5-bay arcades and chancel arch".
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view of font - elevation
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Brandon (1849: pl. 27 in section I)
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view of font - section
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Brandon (1849: pl. 27 in section I)
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view of font - plan
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: around the lower base
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01578WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Cognate Fonts: A copy of this font exists in the Parish Church of St Paul, in Rusthall, Kent; another copy in the church of Garsington, Oxfordshire
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: High Rd, Weston, Peterborough PE12 6HS, UK -- Tel.: 01406 373662
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: About 4 km. ENE of Spalding, off (S) the A151 to Holbeach (dir. King's Lynn)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Elloe
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Weston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2925/weston/] [accessed 27 January 2019], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Simpson (1828): "The high relief given to the foliage on this Font, together with its general design, incline us to place its date in the reign of Henry the Third [i.e., 1216-1272]. The absence of bases to the columns at first induced us to believe that the Font had undergone mutilation, but as the lower part of each column is very neatly finished, and the subject is otherwise in good preservation, we cannot positively assert that it is imperfect. The material is Barnack stone." Paley (1844) describes the font at Weston as a "beautiful specimen of the Early English style". The basin is cylindrical but its side is divided into eight parts by plain round columns with bell capitals; each of the basin sides has foliage ornamentation "of good design, and in very bold relief" (ibid.) The cylindrical base appears plain except for two torus towards the lower part. The plinth consists of two steps on the one side, the other half acting as the minister's stand. Described and illustrated in Brandon (1849). Listed in Cox-Harvey (1907) and in Tyrrell-Green as Early English. Newman (1980) notes that the baptismal font at Rusthall St Paul's, in Kent, is a 19th-century copy of this font. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "A large and stately E[arly] E[nglish] piece, Circular, with eight shafts, and in each field a stiff-leaf 'tree of life'. Unusual arrangement of the steps. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2924725164] notes: "Parish church. 1170, mid C14, restored by G. G. Scott in 1858- 67, and J. L. Pearson in 1885-6. [...] Clerestory of c.1170, heavily restored by Pearson in 1885 [...] North side of chancel of c.1175 with 3 tall lancets alternating with 2 stage buttresses. [...] Gabled late C12 porch [...] 5 bay north and south late C12 arcades with the north-west bay blocked [...] Early C13 pointed chancel arch [...] C11 inscribed coffin lid restored in C20. [...] Drum font of c.1200 with semi-circular shafts with moulded capitals supporting it, and 8 sides of drum articulated by 8 attached shafts."
" [NB: Allen (1833) reports "an octagonal font" inside Wykeham Chapel; the Chapel was built, informs Allen (ibid.) in 1292-1293, but he does note give any date for the font. The present chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas. Not known whether there is a font still in it]
" [NB: Allen (1833) reports "an octagonal font" inside Wykeham Chapel; the Chapel was built, informs Allen (ibid.) in 1292-1293, but he does note give any date for the font. The present chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas. Not known whether there is a font still in it]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Peter Fairweather, of www.churchmousewebsite.co.uk, and to Ken Redmore, Website Editor, and Dean Bird, of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, for their photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 696536 5854949
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.80846, -0.084
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 48′ 30.46″ N, 0° 5′ 2.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, Barnack stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 67.5 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm* / 82.5 cm**
Basin Total Height: 37.5 cm*
Height of Base: 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97.5 cm* / 100 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Paley (1844: unpaged) / ** Simpson 1828]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with carved top; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Allen, Thomas, The History of the County of Lincoln, from the earliest period to the present time [...], London & Lincoln: John Saunders, Junior, 1833-, vol. 1: 293
- Brandon, Raphael, An analysis of Gothick architecture, London: D. Bogue, 1849, p. 89 and pl. 27 in section I
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 207, 208
- Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, unpaged
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 793
- Simpson, Francis, A series of ancient baptismal fonts: chronologically arranged, drwan by F. Simpson, Jun., engraved by R. Roberts, London: Septimus Prowett, 1828, p. 33
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 91