Market Deeping / East Deeping

No individual entry found for Market Deeping in the Domesday survey. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular]. With foiled or cusped fields." The new guide posted on the Parish web site reads: "The octagonal font is fourteenth century and originally would have had decorated and carved shields, bearing the Wake family arms, around its basin." [NB: it is not clear from the guide above whether or not the coats of arms mentioned existed [painted?] or simply were supposed to have existed on the font sides. The font appears to consist of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with tracery and quatrefoils that appear to have inscribed symbols [shields?]; the underbowl, stem and lower base have moulded ornamentation. Unfortunately the accompanying illustration does not have enough resolution to discern the detail -- [source: 'St Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping' by Lyall Seale (2003), in www.deepingsonline.co.uk/pp/gold/viewGold.asp?IDType=Page&ID=6259] [accessed 20 September 2006]]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF1368210312] notes: "Parish church. Late C12, early C13, early C14, 1440, C15, c.1500, 1875 restoration [...] Recut C15 octagonal font with cusped shields and quatrelobes to the sides, and trefoils on the base."