Shilbottle / Shilbotel / Shilbotell

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01783SHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] / 19th century, Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Shilbottle, Alnwick NE66 2XR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1665 712002
Site Location: Northumberland, North East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, 5 km SE of Alnwick
Font Notes:
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

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

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 212
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northumberland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, p. 290
  • 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, p. 197