Twyford nr. Melton Mowbray / Taiworde / Tuiuorde

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view of font

the font as it may have been in the early-19thC when the drawing was done
Scene Description: the font as it may have been in the early-19thC when the drawing was done
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Image Source: Simpson (1828: 29)
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view of font

the font as it may have been in the early-19thC when the drawing was done
Scene Description: the font as it may have been in the early-19thC when the drawing was done
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Image Source: Rickman & Parker (1881)
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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle

covering almost all of the side
Scene Description: covering almost all of the side
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Image Source: Rickman & Parker (1881)
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design element - patterns - diaper

on three of the vertical corners of the basin
Scene Description: on three of the vertical corners of the basin
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Image Source: Rickman & Parker (1881)
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view of church exterior - southeast view

FONT+COVER NO PERMIT digital photograph taken 11 September 2010 by Colin Underhill in Alamy Stock Photo [https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-font-in-st-andrew`s-church-twyford-leicestershire-england-uk-31428591.html] [accessed 9 July 2018]
Scene Description: FONT+COVER NO PERMIT digital photograph taken 11 September 2010 by Colin Underhill in Alamy Stock Photo [https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-font-in-st-andrew`s-church-twyford-leicestershire-england-uk-31428591.html] [accessed 9 July 2018]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Sutton, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2012 by John Sutton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5579807] [accessed 9 July 2018]
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view of font and cover

the font as photograph in 2010; the whole base has been replaced with a modern one that consists of five columns, a lower base and a plinth; the present cover is also modern
Scene Description: the font as photograph in 2010; the whole base has been replaced with a modern one that consists of five columns, a lower base and a plinth; the present cover is also modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Underhill in Alamy Stock Photo, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2010 by Colin Underhill in Alamy Stock Photo [https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-font-in-st-andrew`s-church-twyford-leicestershire-england-uk-31428591.html] [accessed 9 July 2018]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04806TWY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [Simpson gave the location ca. 1828 as "under the western arch of the north aisle"]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Main Street, Twyford, Melton Mowbray LE14 2HU, UK -- Tel.: 01664 561 909
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B6047, about 10 km SSW of Melton Mowbray (dir. Market Harborough)
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
There are two entries for this Twyford [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7310/twyford/] [accessed 9 July 2018], one of which mentions a priest, but not a church, in it, though there must have been one there. A font in Twyford church is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described and illustrated in Simpson (1828) as a baptismal font of the Early English period/style; he notes the "stiff foliage, similar to that which appears on the stem of the Waltham Font" [this foliage is on the fourth corner of the basin, the other three being decorated with dog-tooth motif]; three sides of the font are plain, the fourth has a large cross. Described Paley (1844) as a "very handsome" font of the Transitional period". Illustrated in Rickman & Parker [woodcut by Orlando Jewitt] (1881): the baptismal font appears to consist of two main square blocks, basin and base, the basin slightly taller; the vertical angles of the basin have dog-tooth motif and one of the two visble sides has a large Greek 'fleurdelysée' cross in a circle on it; the other visible side is totally plain, as is the base. Another, much shorter square block is between the base and the plinth. The inner well of the basin is round. Rickman & Parker (1881) date the font to ca. 1200. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Early English period. Bond (1908) mentions the "foliated cross" motif and dates the font to the 13th century on account of the tooth [dog-tooth] ornamentation. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as Early English. In Pevsner (1984): "Font. Square, C13, with big borders of dogtooth at three angles, a many-lobed leaf at the fourth. On one of the surfaces a foliated cross." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7299210094] reports: "Fittings include square font, C13, with
dogtooth ornament on 3 corners and a lobed leaf on the fourth. East side has a foliated cross in a ring."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 640469 5839078
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.683397, -0.921944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 41′ 0.23″ N, 0° 55′ 19″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Rim Thickness: 6-6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 47.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 97.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Simpson (1828: 29)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: square, flat and plain; modern?

REFERENCES

  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 97
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 206
  • Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, p. 18
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 414
  • Rickman, Thomas, An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England, from the Conquest to the Reformation, with a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders, An [7th ed. -- orig. published in 1817], Oxford and London: Parker and Co., 1881, ill. on p. 152
  • Simpson, Francis, A series of ancient baptismal fonts: chronologically arranged, drwan by F. Simpson, Jun., engraved by R. Roberts, London: Septimus Prowett, 1828, p. 29
  • Tyack, George Smith, Lore and legend of the English Church, London: W. Andrews, 1899, p. 156
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 92
  • Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, [vol. III, part I, p. 514 and pl. lxx / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 29 September 2007]