Irthlingborough No. 1 / Artleborough / Erdeburne / Erdinburne / Hertillingborogh / Irelingburg / Irtlingburgh / Irtlibure / Irtlingburgh / Itchingborowe / Urtlingburch / Yrlingbure / Yrthingburia

Results: 4 records

B02: design element - patterns - tracery

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: design element - motifs - panel

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

R01: design element - patterns - crenellated

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Geoff Pick, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2004 by Geoff Pick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/120204] [accessed 23 May 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01742IRT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Church Street, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire NN9 5SD
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the B571, just NW of Rushden, about 30 km ENE of Northampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Huxloe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Described in Parker (1849): "The font is of the same character [i.e., Perpendicular]; octagonal, embattled, and with panelling on each face, both of the shaft and bowl." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font. Described in the Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 3, 1930): "The 15th-century font has an octagonal bowl with elaborate traceried panels and embattled top moulding on a panelled stem." Mee (1945) mentions "the 15th century font" in this church. Described in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, with traceried panels, embattled." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on on early baptismal font here] [cf. Index entry for Irthlingborough Nos. 2-3 for a set of two Norman stoups located at either side of the west door -- The VCH notes also "Externally, east of the doorway, is a mutilated stoup" but does indicate a date; perhaps Norman? [not listed]].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.324471, -0.614845
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 19′ 28.1″ N, 0° 36′ 53.44″ W
UTM: 30U 662544 5799806

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-04-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945
Parker, John Henry, Architectural notices of the churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon, London; Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1849