Horbling No. 2 / Horbelinge / Orbelinge

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09993HOR
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1904 beside the N door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Horbling, Sleaford NG34 0PJ, UK -- Tel.: 01778 341467
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1177, just S of the A52, 6 km NE of Falkingham, 24-25 km E of Grantham, about 45 km N of Peterborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aveland
Additional Comments: recycled stoup? / buried stoup? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
There are six entries for Horbling [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF1135/horbling/] [accessed 27 November 2018], one of which reports a church in it. Described in Sutton (1904: 97): "Beside the north door is a carved pedestal, which may have formed part of holy water stoup. On it is a round stone, with a carved cross on bith sides, which was dug up in the vicarage some time since, and looks as though it was part of a gravestone". [cf. Index entry for Horbling No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 678988 5864733
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.902431, -0.338669
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 54′ 8.75″ N, 0° 20′ 19.21″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

  • Sutton, A.F., "A Description of the Churches Visited in the Excursion from Sleaford, June 30th and July 1st, 1903", XXVII, Reports and Papers Read at the Meetings of the Architectural Societies of the Diocese of Lincoln, County of York, Archdeaconry of Northampton, County of Bedford, Diocese of Worcester, County of Leicester and Town of Sheffield, 1904, pp. 92-111; p. 97