Fosdyke / Fossdyke / Foss Dyke / Fostdyke

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B01: angel - archangel - St. Michael and dragon

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B01: human figure - male - crouching

Scene Description: on the southeast angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B02: angel - holding cloth

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B03: angel - crowned - holding column with its right hand

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B04: angel - holding bunched fruit in its right hand

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B05: angel - holding cross

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B06: angel - holding wreath or crown of thorns

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B07: angel - Seraphim

Scene Description: the right arm is broken at the elbow; the left hand is in orant position, palm outwards -- on the south side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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B08: angel - Seraphim - crowned - holding shield - blank shield

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the basin [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU02: animal - fabulous animal or monster

Scene Description: bat-like winngs but humanoid head -- on the east angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU03: cleric - monk - holding rosary?

Scene Description: bearded and hooded figure holds round object resembling a rosary or prayer beads -- on the northeast angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU04: animal - fabulous animal or monster

Scene Description: somewhat resembling a horned lion -- on the north angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU05: human figure - female - naked

Scene Description: on the northwest angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU06: human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose?

Scene Description: on the west angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU07: human figure - grotesque or fantastic

Scene Description: grotesque face -- on the southwest angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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BU08: animal - fabulous animal or monster

Scene Description: a lion's head with a human body? -- on the south angle of the underbowl [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - Ogee arches - cusped and crocketed - 8

Scene Description: one on each side of the stem of the base

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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design element - architectural - buttress - 8

Scene Description: one at each angle of the stem of the base

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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view of basin - west side

Scene Description: northwest, west and southwest sides [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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view of font

Image Source: Simpson (1828: 73)

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view of font - west side

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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view of font and cover - west side

Scene Description: [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2015 by Lorraine Kochanske Stock

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view of font and cover in context

Image Source: Simpson (1828: 73)

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view of font cover

Image Source: Simpson (1828: 73)

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view of font cover

Image Source: Gailhabaud (1850, t.III: unpaged)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01586FOS

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Mill Lane, Fosdyke, Lincolnshire PE20 2BL

Country Name: England

Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located in the SW shores of The Wash, 12 km S of Boston down the A16, 10 km NNW of Holbeach

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln

Historical Region: Wapentake of Kirton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century [re-cut?], Perpendicular [altered?]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lorraine Kochanske Stock, University of Houston, USA. and to Tina Negus for their photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: church re-built 1756

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

No entry found for Fosdyke in the Domesday survey. Simpson (1828) writes: "The base of this Font is concealed by the floor of the pew in which it stands; it is, as well as the very handsome cover over it, in a good state of preservation: We presume the sculpture in the centre panel of the Font to be intended for a representation of St. Michael and the great dragon." Allen (1833) describes the octagonal font as "beautifully carved" and mentions "a pyramidal cover of handsome fret work". Moule (1837) describes it as "ancient and very curious". The cover alone is illustrated in Gailhabaud (1850) as a gracious pyramid executed in the taste of the 15th century; of the font itself, Gailhabaud (ibid.) says that it is not very interesting [="n'offre que peu d'intérêt"]. The font is listed in Cox-Harvey (1907) simply as a noteworthy example of the Perpendicular style. Bond (1908) does not mention the font, but describes the tall cover as one of several "fine examples of Gothic font covers". Noted with a caveat in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "If this is Perp[endicular], the panels of the bowl anyway are completely re-cut. The underside and the stem are more convincing. -- Font cover. Tall, Perp[endicular]." The font is octagonal all over; the basin has large an angel figure deeply carved on each (?) of the side panels, the one at the centre of Simpson's illustration appears indeed to be St. Michael standing over a dragon; the columns at the angles are topped with crocketed spires; there is a crouching figure or animal at each of the angles of the recessed chamfer of the underbowl; there is a blind arcade of crocketted arches or windows on the sides of the stem of the base; they appear deeply set, an effect emphasised by the protruding buttresses at the angles; the carving as pointed out in Pevsner et al., suspiciously modern; the inner basin well is round.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.881497, -0.04785

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 52′ 53.39″ N, 0° 2′ 52.26″ W

UTM: 30U 698638 5863170

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 13.5 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 82.5 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm

Notes on Measurements: Simpson (1828: 73)

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?

Material: wood, oak?

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Allen, Thomas, The History of the County of Lincoln, from the earliest period to the present time [...], London & Lincoln: John Saunders, Junior, 1833-

Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, The Principles of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, with an explanation of technical terms […], London: W. Kent, 1859

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Moule, Thomas, The English counties delineated; or, A topographical description of England [...], London: George Virtue, 1837 [vol. 2]

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989

Simpson, Francis, A series of ancient baptismal fonts: chronologically arranged, drwan by F. Simpson, Jun., engraved by R. Roberts, London: Septimus Prowett, 1828