South Cockerington No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10461COC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside, on the E side of the N door of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526511
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1200, a few kms E of Louth
Font Notes:
Fowler (1874) reports: "On the east side of the north door of the nave are remains of a stoup". Noted also in Sutton (1898): "Inside this door [north door] may be noticed the old holy water stoup." [NB: most of the church fabric is of the Pependicular period, but a few details are left of the Decorated period. Fowler does not indicate to which period these remains belong]. [cf. Index entry for South Cockerington No. 1 for the baptismal font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Fowler, James T., "The Church of St. James, Louth, and Other Churches Visited by the Society on the 26th and 27th of June, 1873", XII, 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, 1874, pp. 1-21; p. 6
  • Sutton, A.F., "A Description of the Churches Visited in the Excursion from Louth, July 6th & 7th, 1897", XXIV, part I, 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, 1898, pp. 95-114; p. 97