Kneeton / Kneveton

INFORMATION

FontID: 01812KNE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Church Location: Kneeton, Nottingham NG13 8JU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1636 924383
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A46, near Lowdham, between Nottingham and Newark
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Early English
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Guilford (1927) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Described in Cox (1912): "Font, with round bowl, 2 ft. high and 2 ft. 3 in. in diameter, stands on circular shaft; it is early 13th cent." In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "completely plain, large, early medieval font".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.007528, -0.944811
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 0′ 27.1″ N, 0° 56′ 41.32″ W
UTM: 30U 637892 5875084

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979