Keyworth

INFORMATION

FontID: 01800KEY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: The Square, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5DG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 937 2017
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [modern base] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Cox (1912) writes: "The massive font, 2 ft. 9 in. in diameter and 20 in. high, is plain cylindrical Norm[an], base new." Listed in Guilford (1927) as a Norman font. In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.8714, -1.0894
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 52′ 17.04″ N, 1° 5′ 21.84″ W
UTM: 30U 628595 5859675

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 82.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927