Winkburn No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 01805WIN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John of Jerusalem

Church Patron Saints: St. John of Jerusalem

Church Location: Winkburn Ln, Newark NG22 8PQ, United Kingdom

Country Name: England

Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Kirklington

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Church Notes: 12thC church; re-built 17thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Kelly's Directory of 1881 reports a Norman font in this church. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Guilford (1927), however, mentions only a 17th century font in this church, although he mentions a Norman tower arch and south doorway.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.117317, -0.937942

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 7′ 2.34″ N, 0° 56′ 16.59″ W

UTM: 30U 638002 5887308

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881