Grimoldby No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10463GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Date: ca. 1380-1400?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edith
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side of the W pillar of the N arcade of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526535
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edith
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1200, 8-10 km E of Louth
Font Notes:
Described in Fowler (1874) as "the base of the font on the south side of the west pillar of the north arcade" of the nave. Sutoon (1898) writes: "At the west end of the nave stands the font, rather a plain one, each side having a plain shield, the stem being ornamented with sunk panels." [cf. Index entry for Grimoldby No. 2 for a holy water-stoup also 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. 12
  • 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. 95