Gayton nr. Stafford / Gaitone
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2013 by Juan Antonio Olañeta for BSI
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2013 by Juan Antonio Olañeta for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 August 2013)
view of basin
![notice the thickness of the basin sides and the smallness of the inner basin [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130831004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: notice the thickness of the basin sides and the smallness of the inner basin [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 21 August 2013 by Juan Antonio Olañeta for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 August 2013)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Geoff Pick, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 January 2006 by Geoff Pick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/119573] [accessed 31 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2013
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 21 August 2013 by Juan Antonio Olañeta for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 August 2013)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07179GAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century/ 19th century [composite font?, Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [cf. FontNotes]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter [cf. Font Notes]
Church Address: Church Lane, Gayton, Staffordshire, ST18 0HL
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A51, 7 km NE of Stafford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of Pirehill
Additional Comments: composite font? [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the one from the Norman church here)
Font Notes:
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Lewis Dictionary of 1848 gives the dedication of this church as St. John the Baptist. A font here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The font is not mentioned in the CRSBI (2008) entry for this church, where it is noted that the only Norman remain is the overly restored chancel arch. The present font consists of a tub-shaped basin of extremely thick sides, all plain; raised on two octagonal blocks. The basin of the font is certainly not Norman; it may be late-Medieval or even Victorian; the three parts of the font did probably not belong together originally but were brought together later.[NB: we have no information on the font of the original Norman church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 564739 5856461
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.853989, -2.038569
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 51′ 14.36″ N, 2° 2′ 18.85″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 218
- 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, 1848-1849, p. 283-287 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50978] [accessed 31 August 2013]