Bozeat No. 2 / Bosegate / Bosehate / Bosezate / Bosiete / Bosizatt / Bosyate

INFORMATION

FontID: 08814BOZ

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 17 Hensmans Lane, Bozeat, Northamptonshire NN29 7ND

Country Name: England

Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A509, about 20 km E of Northampton, in the county border with Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough

Historical Region: Hundred of Higham Ferrers

Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated

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A stoup of the Decorated period is noted in Parker (1850). Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a holy-water stoup of the 14th century. The VCH (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) reports "an elegant 14th-century stoup with trefoiled head" on the south wall, near the doorway. Noted in Mee (1945): "a damaged stoup for holy water".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.223565, -0.675084

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 13′ 24.83″ N, 0° 40′ 30.3″ W

UTM: 30U 658800 5788451

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-05-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945

Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850