Ulceby / Ulceby in East Lindsey / Ulesbi
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2016 by Mark Acton, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 20 January 2019]
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symbol - shield - emblem - in a qutrefoil - in a circle - 8
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angel - cherub - 4?
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2016 by Mark Acton, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 20 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints' church, Ulceby, Lincs. A lovely location for an unattractive red brick church of 1826. Inside, an octagonal Perpendicular font from the medieval church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 January 2006 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/112907] [accessed 20 January 2019]
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design element - architectural - buttress
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Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2016 by Mark Acton, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 20 January 2019]
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design element - motifs - panel
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2016 by Mark Acton, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 20 January 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07451ULC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints [may have been originally from nearby Fordington]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: The present-day church was rebuilt in 1826; it is not known whether or not the dedication was carried over from the old one
Church Address: Church Rd, Ulceby with Fordington, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, LN13, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1028, just SE of Ulceby Cross, 5-6 km SW of Alford, 18 km E of Horncastle, about 20 km NW of Skegness
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Calcewath
Additional Comments: damaged font: broken into two pieces when rolled from one village to another!
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Ulceby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF4272/ulceby/] [accessed 20 January 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. White's Gazetter of Lincolnshire (1856) notes: "a limestone carved font which is reputed to have been rolled to Ulceby from the disused church at Fordington, during which operation the base was broken from the main body" [NB: the citation is from the transcription in The Willoughby Group of Parishes Website's "Ulceby with Fordington" [www.johnsplace.f9.co.uk/wpg/churches/u-village.html] [accessed 14 March 2007]. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with a panelled and buttressed stem and plain shields (with letters carved on them) set in quatrefoils." [NB: it either got a new base or it was repaired, since Pevsner does not mention anything about it]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF4224372614] notes: "C15 elaborate octagonal font with perpendicular traceried stem, angel supporters to the bowl, the sides of which have quatrefoils and shields with Sacred Monogram."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ken Redmore, Website Editor, and Mark Acton, of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 308516 5901899
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.2318, 0.131
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 13′ 54.48″ N, 0° 7′ 51.6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two [broken into two]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 773