Laxton No. 1

Described and illustrated with an engraving by J. Basire in Repton (1812) as a baptismal font of the Norman period [NB: Repton uses English monarchy chronology and gives the time period between the Conquest and the reign of Henry II], although "the lower parts [...] were added about the fifteenth or sixteenth century." Paley (1844) describes as a Norman font in which "the under side of the bowl is bevilled away or rounded off to meet the stem [...] and this hemispherical form is extremely common in Norman fonts as at Cuxwold, Lincolnshire; Clipsham, Rutland; Heydon, Norfolk; Laxton, Northamptonshire; Plymstock, Devonshire." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a font of the Early English period. The font appears all round, the cylindrical basin with a rounded underbowl; the sides of the basin are decorated with long-stemmed iris or fleur-de-lis motifs; round pedestal base with two mouldings. The CRSBI (2008)notes that "The S[outh] nave doorway, under a porch […] contains reused 12thc. material", but does not recognise a Romanesque font in this church.