Scarrington No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 05077SCA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John of Beverley
Church Patron Saints: St. John of Beverley
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Orston, about 7 km ENE of Bingham, E of Nottingham
Font Location in Church: [reported ca. 1908 still being used as a pump trough]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Church Notes: The GENUKI WEB site cites the 1853 White's Directory of Nottinghamshire's description: The church at Scarrington as being in the ame appropriation, etc., as that of Orston, to which it is "a chapel of ease" and that "being in a ruinous state, it was partly rebuilt, and thoroughly repaired" [i.e., ca. 1823].
Bond (1908) informs that "the parish of Scarrington, Nottinghamshire, still continues to use a thirteenth century font as a pump trough." [cf. Index entry for Scarrington No. 2 for a second font in the church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908