Long Whellington

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06676LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Site Location: Berkshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [unknown -- unable to locate a 'Long Whellington' anywhere]
Font Notes:
A "leaden font" entry appears in Paley (1844), in Batty (1848) and in Cox (1875) for the location "Long Whellington", in the county of Berkshire [NB: we have been unable to locate such a placename anywhere in the area, nor any other source that cites a lead font of similar name]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead

REFERENCES

  • Batty, Robert Eaton, Some particulars connected with the history of baptismal fonts: being a paper read at the quarterly general meeting of the Architectural and Archaeological Society for the County of Buckingham, London: F. & J. Rivington, 1848, p. 20
  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
  • Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844, p. 24