Sibthorpe / Sibthorp

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07373SIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration / Stuart
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at East Bridgford, Newark, Orston, Scarrington, Shelford, Sibthorpe, Tythby, Walkeringham and Warton, all in Notinghamshire, as cognates of the same period [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17528012
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km N of Aslockton
Additional Comments: missing font?
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a Restoration baptismal font dated 1662. In Cox (1912) as octagonal, of 1662 In Guilford (1927). In Pevsner & Williamson (1979) as "one of the 1662 series", with the font at Southwell, for instance, as cognate [NB: the tower is probably Early English, but we have no information on the earlier font of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: [1662]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 174
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 186 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 Oct 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 172
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 314, 327