Hannington nr. Northampton / Hanintone / Haniton / Hanitone / Hanygton
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01757HAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end of the nave, under the arcade separating the nave from the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: present church 13thC; re-built 19thC
Church Address: Holcot Road, Hannington, Northamptonshire NN6 9SU
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A43, about 15 km NNE of Northampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Orlingbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Hannington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8171/hannington/] [accessed 16 August 2018] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Early English period in this church. Described in the Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937): "With the exception of the upper stage of the tower, which is of the 14th century, the whole of the building dates from the last quarter of the 13th century, but the round-headed south doorway probably belongs to a previous small 12th-century church. [...] The 13th-century font has a plain octagonal bowl moulded on the upper and lower edges and lined with lead." Mee (1945), however, writes: "The font, very rough looking, appears to have been shaped by the Norman axe." Pevsner & Cherry (1973) do not mention the font but they include it in one of the guide's photographs. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP8115770929] mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 649219 5800067
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.3306, -0.8101
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 19′ 50.16″ N, 0° 48′ 36.36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: flat and plain; modern
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 211
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 20 October 2006]
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, pl. 28