Dallington nr. Northampton

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Source caption: "St Mary's church, Dallington, Northampton"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Dallington, Northampton"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Kelly, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2007 by Dave Kelly [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3231742] [accessed 20 November 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01756DAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Dallington Rd, Dallington, Northampton NN5 7HN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1604 461780
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Dallington is now a NW suburb of Northampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Notes:
Noted in Whellan (1849): "The font is octagonal, bearing the arms of Raynsford's, on a shield in the centre." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period (ca. 1190-1250). In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, Perp[endicualr], with quatrefoil panels."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 641936 5790824
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.24949, -0.9208
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 14′ 58.16″ N, 0° 55′ 14.88″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 211
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, p. 356
  • 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. 301 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=dhAHAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA442&lpg=RA1-PA442&dq=aynho+church+font&source=bl&ots=Trdc4a8vGv&sig=Ev4eeBfJWWwb64uB3bddAOSSxVI&hl=en&ei=uBzJSfGUBIjOMpCb-ekD&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPR1,M1] [accessed 24 March 2009]