Easton on the Hill / Easton-on-the-Hill

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Results: 7 records

B01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

Scene Description: in pairs, on four of the sides of the octagonal basin

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B02: symbol - shield - blank - in a cusped panel - 4

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal basin

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BU01: design element - motifs - floral - rose - 4

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal underbowl chamfer

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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 4

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal underbowl chamfer

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LB01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 8

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UB01: design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled - 8

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01772EAS
Church/Chapel: Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 63 Church St, Easton on the Hill, Stamford PE9 3NZ, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A43, 6 km from Stamford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1480?
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: 12th church
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Mee (1945): "font with a traceried bowl 500 years old". In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields and tracery."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.63106, -0.5079
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 37′ 51.82″ N, 0° 30′ 28.44″ W
UTM: 30U 668654 5834146

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
Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973