Leintwardine / Lantwardine

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09763LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 17.5 km NW of Leominster
Font Notes:
Gough (1792) refers to this font simply as "very rude" {Gough has 'Lantwardine']. Described in the inventory of Herefordshire (1931-1934, vol. III: 107): "Font: octagonal bowl, each face cut to an ogee form at the base and carried back to a circular stem, 14th-century, base modern."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; p. 199
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934, vol. III: p. 107