Bourne No. 2 / Bourn / Brune / Brunne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08787BOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Bourne Abbey and Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end; Simpson gave its location ca. 1828 as : "under the westermost of the south aisle arches"
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St Paul
Church Address: Church Ln, Bourne PE10 9LY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1778 422412
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A15 [aka Bourne Rd, North/South Rd], 3 km N of Thurlby, 25 kms N of Peterborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aveland
Font Notes:
There are six entries for this Bourne [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0920/bourne/] [accessed 5 August 2019] two of which report "0.5 churches" in each. A stoup of the Perpendicular period is noted in Parker (1850). Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as one of two 15th-century holy-water stoups in this church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 677057 5849503
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.7663, -0.3756
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 45′ 58.68″ N, 0° 22′ 32.16″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 237
  • Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850, p. 448