Dallington nr. Northampton

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coat of arms - Raynsford

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior - southwest end

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

FontID: 01756DAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Dallington Rd, Dallington, Northampton NN5 7HN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1604 461780
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Dallington is now a NW suburb of Northampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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

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

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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973
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