Ashby St. Legers / Ashby St. Ledgers
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 15 November 2008 by Walwyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/3035284927/] [accessed 25 March 2009]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 November 2008 by Walwyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/3035284927/] [accessed 25 March 2009]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 15 November 2008 by Walwyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/3035284927/] [accessed 25 March 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05080ASH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Leodegarius
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Leodegarius [aka Leger, Ledger, Legers, Ledgers]
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A361, 7 km N of Daventry
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Walwyn, of Midland Churches [http://professor-moriarty.com/moriarties/midland_churches], for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: The church is illustrated in 'Midland Churches: a Photographic Record of Parish Churches' [http://professor-moriarty.com/moriarties/midland_churches/2009/03/05/ashby-st-ledgers-blessed-virgin-mary-and-saint-leodegarius/] [accessed 24 March 2009]
Bloxam (1859) notes the cover, but not the font. Both are noted in Mee (1945): "The plain font is Norman, and the cover apparently 15th century." Bond (1908) describes the lid of this font as one of several "fine examples of Gothic font covers", without a mention to the font itself. The font is a totally plain cylindrical tub raised on a plinth or step that is attached to a pillar. The cover is an octagonal pyramid obviously meant for a differently-shaped font. There is no mention of the font in Pevsner & Cherry (1973). The font-cover is noted in Howard & Crossley (1919) as 15th-century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 15th century? / Gothic?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, The Principles of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture, with an explanation of technical terms […], London: W. Kent, 1859
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Howard, F.E., English Church Woodwork: a Study in Craftmanship during the Mediaeval period A.D. 1250-1550, London: B.T. Batsford, 1919
Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945
