Yarburgh / Yarborough

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10701YAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Yarburgh
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A16, 5-6 km NNE of Louth
Font Notes:
Noted in Sutton (1898): "The font is a plain octagonal one, without any ornamentation." In Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 818
  • 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. 108