Waltham on the Wolds / Waltham / Waltham-on-the-Wolds

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches - beaded-tape motif

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design element - motifs - scroll work - trefoiled scrolls

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design element - motifs - tooth

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The majority of the church dates from around 1300 onwards, but there is some Norman work in the north and south doorways."

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, St Mary Magdalene church, Waltham on the Wolds. A party had been held the night before! Looking east towards the crossing."

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05666WAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: High St, Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray LE14 4AE, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A607, about 8 km NE of Melton Mowbray, 25-30 km ENE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Framland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Cognate Fonts: Stonesby [cf. FontNotes]
There are two entries for this Waltham in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8025/waltham-on-the-wolds/] [accessed 27 January 2020] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described and illustrated in Simpson (1828) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font of the Early English period. "The intersecting arches with the use of the square abacus mark very strongly the Norman style; while on the other hand, the toothed ornament and character of the foliage are clearly Early English; and to these may perhaps be added the form, namely, an octagonal bowl and shaft [...] There is in the adjoining parish of Stonesby a Font very similar in design to this, but of rather earlier date. Our present subject is in fair preservation, but very much choked by repeated coats of yellow ochre: it is situated at the west end of the south aisle." Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes: "the font presents a curious admixture of the Norman and early English styles". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Transitional period. Bond (1908) writes: "At Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire, is an octagonal bowl standing on an octagonal pedestal; the pedestal has the tooth ornament, and the bowl has conventional trefoiled scrolls. Plainly both pedestal and bowl are thirteenth century work, yet the bowl is encircled by an arcade of semicircular intersecting arches." Tyrrell-Green (1928) notes the "conventional foliage" on the basin sides. Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Norman, octagonal, with intersected arches under which are strange leaves and stalks, and also (an improbable motif) a Latin cross in a mandorla (cf. Stonesby)." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7704620099] notes: "Parish Church. C13, altered C14. Clerestory added and N aisle probably rebuilt C15. Nave re-roofed, tower, S aisle, porch and chancel arch rebuilt 1875-76 [...] Chancel restored 1887. [...] Font: Norman, circular, tub-shaped, with knight fighting dragon and two foliated crosses; octagonal moulding to base of bowl low octagonal stem and chamfered plinth."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.81671, -0.8103
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 49′ 0.16″ N, 0° 48′ 37.08″ W
UTM: 30U 647563 5854128

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 14-14.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 68.75 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 37.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Simpson (1828: 21)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: the font shows a staple still at the upper rim of the basin

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984
Simpson, Francis, A series of ancient baptismal fonts: chronologically arranged, drwan by F. Simpson, Jun., engraved by R. Roberts, London: Septimus Prowett, 1828
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818