Tollerton

INFORMATION

FontID: 09870TOL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A606, near West Bridgford, just SE of Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the W door [since 1918]
Century and Period: , Medieval
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