Whatton / Whatton-in-the-Vale
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Scene Description: Source caption: "St John of Beverley Church, Whatton in the Vale. Various rebuildings between 1808 and 1900 mean that little of the exterior of the church is original"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 6 April 2014 by Alan Murray-Rust [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3923463] [accessed 17 February 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01938WHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (mid)
Cognate Fonts: cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John of Beverley
Church Notes: mid-12thC? church
Church Address: Church St, Burton Ln, Whatton, Nottingham NG13 9EQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7526 603766
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just off the A52, 5 km E of Bingham
Historical Region: formerly East Riding of Yorkshire?
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font in Whatton church is described in The Gentleman's Magazine (issue of February 1825: 105): "the font is octagonal, adorned with roses, tulips, and fleurs de lys". Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1881as a font of 1662. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Early English period in Whatton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire [NB: Whatton is now in Nottinghamshire]. Another font, dated 1662, is listed for the same locality in this source (ibid.: 174). Cox (1912) writes: "Octagonal font, 1662, has rose, tulip, fleur-de-lis, &c., stiffly carved on panels." Guilford (1927) notes only one font in this church: "The font is dated 1662 and is sculptured on five sides." This 17th-century font is also mentioned in a Transactions of the Thoroton Society paper (4 (1900)). Pevsner & Williamson (1979) mention a 17th-century font similar to the one at Southwell and other county fonts of that type and period. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7450139674] informs: "Parish church. Cll, C14. North aisle C14. Chancel and south aisle rebuilt 1846. Nave and tower rebuilt by Rev. T. Butler, 1870 [...] ashlar font, 1662, with panelled octagonal stem inscribed with shield and date. Tapered panelled octagonal bowl with strapwork. C18 wooden cover with turned knob." The entry for this church in Southwell Churches [https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/whatton/hfitting.php] [accessed 17 February 2025] illustrates the font and informs: "Pedestal font with octagonal bowl with carved designs in front and side panels, back three plain. Octagonal stem with centre panel dated 1662. Set on a plain circular base with chamfered top edge."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 641536 5868693
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.949167, -0.893333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 56′ 57″ N, 0° 53′ 36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "1662"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 174, 229
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 229 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 20 October 2009]
- Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 205
- Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881, p. 315
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 327, 377