Kneeton / Kneveton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01812KNE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Address: Kneeton, Nottingham NG13 8JU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1636 924383
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A46, near Lowdham, between Nottingham and Newark
Font Notes:
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

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

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, p. 214
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 128 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 159