Ashton No. 2 / Ashton nr. Roade

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10496ASH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: 3 Roade Hill, Ashton, Northamptonshire NN7 2JH
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A508, 2 km SE of Roade, 11 km S of Northampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Cleley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, W of the S entrance
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Terry Langhorn for the photographs of church and font.
Noted in Mee (1945): "the low tub-shaped font is the oldest possession of the church, made by a Norman craftsman." The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 5, 2002) notes: "church, dedicated to St. Michael, [...] The earliest feature is the plain 12th-century tub font." Bucket-shaped basin mounted on a short circular lower base slightly wider than the basin; round wooden cover with metal decorations and short cross finial; appears modern [Victorian?]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 645029 5778961

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (round)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945