Haugham
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05701HAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints [redundant since 1981]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Church,_Haugham
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km SSE of Louth, about 40 km EEN of Lincoln
Additional Comments: re-cycled font (orig. from the old church]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. One octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields in cusped fields" [NB: Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports that "the church, which had fallen into ruins, was rebuilt in 1841"; the font appears to be the only furnishing surviving from the old church].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- 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, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51014] [accessed 8 February 2007]
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 372