West Torrington

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Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches - beaded-tape tape motif - columns with capitals and bases

all around the basin
Scene Description: all around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 February 2011 by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228407] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

in each of the spandrels of the arcade -- the motifs are too close to the upper rim, suggesting that part of the original height may have been lost
Scene Description: in each of the spandrels of the arcade -- the motifs are too close to the upper rim, suggesting that part of the original height may have been lost
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 February 2011 by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228407] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "St Mary's Church, West Torrington AD1100 - Restored 1862. Unfortunately the church is in a state of disrepair with a few refurbishments being done."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church, West Torrington AD1100 - Restored 1862. Unfortunately the church is in a state of disrepair with a few refurbishments being done."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J.Hannan-Briggs, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2011 by J.Hannan-Briggs [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2511969] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Interior of St Mary's Church. With some restoration work to Arch"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of St Mary's Church. With some restoration work to Arch"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J.Hannan-Briggs, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 17 July 2011 by J.Hannan-Briggs [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2511974] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "The nave, West Torrington Parish Church. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant." -- showing the font at the far end, left [south] side
Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave, West Torrington Parish Church. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant." -- showing the font at the far end, left [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a 25 February 2011digital photograph by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2284076] [accessed 15 February 2025]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "The font, West Torrington Parish Church. The font is of Norman date. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The font, West Torrington Parish Church. The font is of Norman date. This church is going through the process of being declared redundant."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Thacker, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 25 February 2011 by Jonathan Thacker [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228407] [accessed 15 February 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

INFORMATION

FontID: 01600TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [closed down 2011]
Church Patron Saints: All Saints? / St. Mary?
Church Location: West Torrington, Market Rasen LN8 5SH, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A157, 5 km N of Wragby, 21 NE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave, close to the S doorway
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Church Notes: 12thC; present building 1860s
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Norman, of the tub type, with intersecting arches."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.323748, -0.294399
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 19′ 25.49″ N, 0° 17′ 39.83″ W
UTM: 30U 680194 5911699

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989