North Leigh No. 2 / Lege / Northleigh
INFORMATION
FontID: 06311NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Road, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, OX29 6TX, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A4095, 6 km NE of Witney, 8 km WSW of Woodstock
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wootton
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846: 162): "The old Norman Font, with a square basin, is in the Churchyard, on the west side of the porch, serving as a water-butt. The present font is of wood, square and panelled, with a Grecian cover, under which is marble mortar, and inside of that a blue and white basin." The Victoria County History, Oxfordshire (1990) [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=11343] [accessed 12 July 2006] gives similar information on the two fonts.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.814444,
-1.441389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 48′ 52″ N,
1° 26′ 29″ W
UTM: 30U 607438 5741549
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
wood
LID INFORMATION
Date: Grecian? 18th cent.?
Material:
wood,
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2006-07-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, A, Oxford: John Henry Parker [for the Society], 1846