Orton Waterville
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10704ORT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side
Church Wikidata: https://dag.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahabali_kɔligu:St_Mary%27s_Church,_Orton_Waterville_-_geograph.org.uk_-_344414.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located now in the SW suburbs of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the late 13th or early 14th century consisting of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides and chamfered underbowl, raised on a columnar base (central shaft and four detached colonnettes) and a circular lower base. Octagonal pyramidal wooden cover with knob finial; appears modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no