Shilbottle / Shilbotel / Shilbotell

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Scene Description: Pevsner (1957) states the font is a "free imitation of the Norman style"

INFORMATION

FontID: 01783SHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: Shilbottle, Alnwick NE66 2XR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1665 712002
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, 5 km SE of Alnwick
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] / 19th century, Medieval / composite
Noted in Wilson (1870) as an ancient font. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Pevsner (1957), however, describes the font as a "successful piece of free imitation of the Norman style, circular bowl with four large carved motifs, a flower, leaves, etc." The Parish website [http://www.jrideas.co.uk/churchwise/Rest%20of%20England/Northumberland/Alnwick/Shilbottle/St%20James%20Shilbottle/jamesshilbottle.html] [accessed 18 January 2010] reports a Norman font basin in this church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.357367, -1.705928
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 21′ 26.52″ N, 1° 42′ 21.34″ W
UTM: 30U 582040 6135322

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957
Wilson, Frederick Richard, An architectural survey of the churches in the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, in the County of Northumberland, containing plans and views […], Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed and photo-lithographed by M. and M. W. Lambert, 1870