Tollerton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09870TOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the W door [since 1918]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Tollerton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A606, near West Bridgford, just SE of Nottingham
Additional Comments: recycled font: It was thrown out in the 1812 restoration and used as a trough for the parish pump. It was not returned to the church until 1918
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) notes a pedestal font which, like the pulpit and some chairs, had been "painted a light drab relieved with black". Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979). Described in the parish web site: “medieval font to the left of the west door. It was thrown out in the 1812 restoration and used as a trough for the parish pump. It was not returned to the church until 1918.” [source: http://www.tollerton.org/stpeters/index.shtml]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 220 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 20 Oct 2009]