Thornby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01744THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [re-cut?], Norman [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17557475
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A5199, 6 km S of Welford, 17 km NNW of Northampton
Additional Comments: altered font: some re-cutting reported in Pevsner & Cherry (1973)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Parker (1849): "The font has Norman bowl, of some merit: the rest is of later date." In Whellan (1849), after Parker (1849). Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy example of the Norman period. In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Circular, Norman, with saltire crosses, interlace and (re-cut) leaves." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP6696275636] reports: "Church. C13, C14 and C19. North aisle added and chancel restored by E.F. Law 1870 [...] Font, C12, circular with saltire crosses and leaves; probably recut."

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.374643, -1.017802
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 22' 28.7" N, 1° 1' 4.1" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 211
  • 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, p. 209
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, p. 427
  • Whellan, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Northamptonshire, comprising a general survey of the county, and a history of the Diocese of Peterborough: with separate [...], London: Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane, 1849, p. 386