Haugham

INFORMATION

FontID: 05701HAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints [redundant since 1981]
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km SSE of Louth, about 40 km EEN of Lincoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989