Kirklington / Cherdinton / Chelinton / Kirtlington / Kyrtelyngton

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view of font

as shown in a ca. 1823 illustration
Scene Description: as shown in a ca. 1823 illustration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Whitaker (1823, vol. 2: 142) [https://archive.org/details/historyofrichmon12whit/page/142] [accessed 22 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: PD

view of church exterior - south porch

Source caption: "Church of St Swithin, Kirklington - South porch. 13th century in date, with later render, although the hood mould remains exposed."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Swithin, Kirklington - South porch. 13th century in date, with later render, although the hood mould remains exposed."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2014 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4020570] [accessed 22 Novemvber 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Church of St Swithin, Kirklington. View from the south east. The most distinctive feature is the brick tower with its prominent stair turret. The chancel was entirely rebuilt in 1873-4, and the nave windows are from this date, although the fabric may include 12th century work."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Swithin, Kirklington. View from the south east. The most distinctive feature is the brick tower with its prominent stair turret. The chancel was entirely rebuilt in 1873-4, and the nave windows are from this date, although the fabric may include 12th century work."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2014 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4020570] [accessed 22 Novemvber 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

as shown in a ca. 1823 illustration
Scene Description: as shown in a ca. 1823 illustration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Whitaker (1823, vol. 2: 142) [https://archive.org/details/historyofrichmon12whit/page/142] [accessed 22 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: PD

view of church interior - vestry - detail

Source caption: "Church of St Swithin, Kirklington - medieval carving. A 11th century carved lintel built into the modern vestry. The right hand panel is marked out as a sundial."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Swithin, Kirklington - medieval carving. A 11th century carved lintel built into the modern vestry. The right hand panel is marked out as a sundial."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 June 2014 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4020572] [accessed 22 Novemvber 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font - east side

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: undated digital photograph [photographer unlnown] in the CRSBI (2019) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1316/] [accessed 22 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of font - north side

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: undated digital photograph [photographer unlnown] in the CRSBI (2019) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1316/] [accessed 22 November 2019]
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view of font - south side

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: undated digital photograph [photographer unlnown] in the CRSBI (2019) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1316/] [accessed 22 November 2019]
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view of basin - east side - detail

notice the modern-stone insert
Scene Description: notice the modern-stone insert
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: undated digital photograph [photographer unlnown] in the CRSBI (2019) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1316/] [accessed 22 November 2019]
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view of base - detail

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CRSBI, 2019
Image Source: undated digital photograph [photographer unlnown] in the CRSBI (2019) [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1316/] [accessed 22 November 2019]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01801KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Swithun
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Swithun [aka Swithin]
Church Address: Newark Rd, Kirklington, Newark NG22 8GZ, UK
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A617 [aka Newark Rd], 4 km NW of Southwell
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Historical Region: Hundred of Thurgarton
Font Notes:
There is an try for Kirklington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK6757/kirklington/] [accessed 22 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The font is illustrated in Whitaker (1823). Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Norman period here. Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font, with interlaced arcading, is late Norm[an]; it is 27 in. high and of similar diameter." Listed in Guilford (1927) as a Norman font. In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Norman, with blank intersected arches on short columns." The entry for this church in the CRSBI (2019) notes: "The only Romanesque features are the font and a reset lintel. [...] Located at the W end of the church in front of the tower arch. An octagonal, lead-lined, limestone font standing on a later plinth. Blind arcading with intersecting arches lies above a row of chip-carved saltires in squares. There are three half-columns to each face of the font. Each has a square plinth below an attic-type base. The capitals have necking and vary between: cushion, with concave profile and raised shield; cushion, with recessed shield; and plain cushion, with the exception of the S face which has (from L to R) a double scallop capital, a voluted capital and a cushion capital. The intersecting, round-headed arches are plain. At the rim, between E and SE angle and W and NW angle, part of the upper register and lip have been replaced. [..] The types of capital used on the font and the chip-carved decoration could suggest a date in the first quarter of the 12thc., but the use of an octagonal format was rare before c. 1150-75."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 634733 5886442
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.110375, -0.987114
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 6′ 37.35″ N, 0° 59′ 13.61″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 68.58 cm*
Basin Total Height: 68.58 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 63 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 94 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)] / ** CRSBI (2019)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: metal staples from earlier font in the rim

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 213
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 126
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 105
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 157
  • Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, An history of Richmondshire, in the North Riding of the County of York [...], with illustrations by J.M.W. Turner, London: [s.n.], 1823, vol. 2: 142