Litlington nr. Royston / Lidlintone / Lidtingtone

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Results: 9 records

angel - holding shield - blank shield - showing wings - 4

Scene Description: some defaced [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Guilden Morden Parish Council, 2005

Image Source: Digital image in the Guilden Morden Parish Council page [www.guildenmorden.gov.uk]

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animal - mammal - lion - head

Scene Description: seen here in the centre panel

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 August 2015 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4662928] [accessed 7 July 2016]

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animal?

Scene Description: partially seen here in the rightmost panel

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design element - motifs - floral - square flower

Scene Description: seen here in the right panel

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design element - motifs - floral - varied

Scene Description: some square flowers, rosettes, etc.

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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symbol - shield - blank

Scene Description: seen here on the left panel

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10026LIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Location: St Catherines Court, Litlington, Cambridgeshire SG8 0QB
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A505, just NW of Royston, about 20 km SW of Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Arringford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, by the S entranceway
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
There are two entries for this Litlington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3142/litlington/] [accessed 7 June 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 8, 1982) notes: "The parish church belonged in the early 12th century to the earls of Gloucester. About 1168 Earl William granted it to his newly founded abbey of Keynsham (Som.) [...] The oldest surviving parts include a narrow lancet over a blocked 13th-century doorway in the western part of the south wall of the chancel, which was probably only later extended eastwards to its present length. [...] The octagonal font is 15th-century". A photograph of one of the sides of this font appears in ARCHISEEK [http://www.archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=5898] [accessed 4 November 2007] accompanied by the following caption: "Here, the angels on the baptismal font at Litlington defaced by the "Bedlam Dowsing" on 14 March 1644". The entry for 14 March 1644 in Dowsing's notorious diary does not report any actions taken on the font at Litlington's church; instead, it is believed that the font may have already been defaced by the parishioners themselves motivated by their Puritan sympathies [the reference to Dowsing's entry is cited also in the Guilden Morden Parish Council site [www.guildenmorden.gov.uk/dowsing.htm]]. The font is described in the Cambridgeshire Churches web site [www.druidic.org/camchurch]: "Also worthy of attention in the nave is unusual font. It has a square top with an unusually shallow bowl -- the shape is reminiscent of the square capitals of Corinthian columns, though with angels at the corners rather than acanthus leaves." Also of inerest is the slplaying octagonal lower base, each side adorned with a different motif.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.06726, -0.09468
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 4′ 2.14″ N, 0° 5′ 40.85″ W
UTM: 30U 699132 5772503

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: none
Notes: round and flat; appears modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-06-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.