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view of church exterior - northeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Dear, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 May 2007 by Richard Dear [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/427900] [accessed 31 May 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07284WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: High Street, Walgrave, Northamptonshire NN6 9QQ
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just NE of the Pisford reservoir, about 8 km N of Northampton (dir. Kettering)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Orlingbury
Additional Comments: altered font: modern base
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) notes: "The ground-plan of the church, with the exception of the vestry, is of the 14th century […] The font is ancient and consists of a circular bowl with moulded top on a modern pillared stem." Not mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973).

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 648192 5801118
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.34032, -0.824694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 20′ 25.15″ N, 0° 49′ 28.9″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 224