Keyworth
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01800KEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [modern base] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: The Square, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5DG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 937 2017
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SE of Nottingham
Additional Comments: altered font: new base
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 628595 5859675
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.8714, -1.0894
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 52′ 17.04″ N, 1° 5′ 21.84″ W
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, p. 213
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 122 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
- Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39