Flawborough

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01798FLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1150?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Main St, Flawborough SK 74 SE, United Kingdom
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the Vale of Blevoir, 3 km from Elton, 10-12 km S of Newark-on-Trent
Additional Comments: altered font : base is modern
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period with a font cover dated 1660. Cox (1912) writes: "Circular Norm[an] font, diameter 2 ft. 3 in., is ornamented with interlaced arcading. Doorway and font are somewhat late in style, c. 1150. Flat font cover c. 1660, base modern." Described in Guilford (1927) as a "Norman circular font with shallow arcading round it".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 645478 5872568
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.982919, -0.832965
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 58′ 58.51″ N, 0° 49′ 58.67″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 67.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1660?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 174, 213
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 92 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 88