Woodston

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10689WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Augustine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Augustine of Hippo
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located of the A605, E of the A1260 crossing, SW of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1968): "Font. Late C13. Five supports, four outer ones acting as knobs or spurs to the plian octagonal bowl."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968, p. 368