North Leigh No. 2 / Lege / Northleigh
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06311NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Road, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, OX29 6TX, UK
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 607438 5741549
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.814444, -1.441389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 48′ 52″ N, 1° 26′ 29″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
LID INFORMATION
Date: Grecian? 18th cent.?
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. 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, p. 162