Ashton No. 2 / Ashton nr. Roade
Image copyright © Terry Langhorne, 2002
Image and Permission received (email of 10 January 2005)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Terry Langhorne, 2002
Image Source: Terry Langhorne [t@langhorns.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email of 10 January 2005)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Terry Langhorne, 2002
Image Source: Terry Langhorne [t@langhorns.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email of 10 January 2005)
view of church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Terry Langhorne, 2002
Image Source: Terry Langhorne [t@langhorns.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email of 10 January 2005)
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Terry Langhorne, 2002
Image Source: Terry Langhorne [t@langhorns.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email of 10 January 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10496ASH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, W of the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: 3 Roade Hill, Ashton, Northamptonshire NN7 2JH
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: permission received from Terry Langhorn [t.@langhorns.co.uk]
Font Notes:
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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?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Terry Langhorn for the photographs of church and font.
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-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 15 October 2006]