Osmaston

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10676OSM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: The font at Kirk Hallam, in the same county, is similar, though not identical
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Osmaston
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A52, 4 km SE of Ashborne, 16 km WNW of Derby
Font Notes:
Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as a baptismal font of circular shape ornamented "with tracery of circular arches and foliage". In Glover (1831) probably after Lysons. Described in Bagshaw (1846): "The font, of Roche Abbey stone, is a large circular bowl, with a continuous lotus ornament on the upper part." Kelly's Directory of 1881, too, mentions the lotus font in the church, but also reports "an ancient font, now overgrown with greens" in the churchyard [we have no other information on the latter font].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, Roche Abbey stone [cf. FontNotes]
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • The History and gazetteer of the County of Derby: drawn up from actual observation and from the best authorities [...] the materials collected by the publisher Stephen Glover. Edited by Thomas Noble [...], Derby: Stephen Glover. Printed for the publisher by Henry Mozley and Son, 1831, vol. 1: 258 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=BsoHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=longford+church+font&source=web&ots=jCQGMd6dVP&sig=OyvQmsiRu54CaIUtbL03se2i358&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA258,M1] [accessed 22 December 2008]
  • Bagshaw, Samuel, History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon-Trent […], Sheffield: printed for the author by William Saxton […], 1846, p. 324 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GvoGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=burton+agnes+church+font&source=web&ots=ZOPjky5vOe&sig=FkGl68oIAcC9Redaolb3EIGE8fY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA3,M1] [accessed 1 July 2008]
  • Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881, p. 1115
  • Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822, vol. V: p. ccxxiii