Middleton Cheney
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01777MID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 12 Church Ln, Middleton Cheney, Banbury OX17 2NR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1733 887040
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4525, N of the A422, between Banbury and Brackley
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Notes:
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Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Noted in Mee (1945): "15th century font". In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Plain, Perp[endicular], octagonal."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 618290 5770719
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.0744, -1.274
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 4′ 27.84″ N, 1° 16′ 26.4″ 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
- 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 26 October 2006]
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, p. 306