Witham-on-the-Hill No. 2 / Witham le Hill / Witham on the Hill

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view of basin - interior

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5085259] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - east view

Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: East Window. The eastern end of the church, also showing the semi-detached tower on the south wall. The window tracery is 14th century perpendicular, though the glazing is Victorian."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: East Window. The eastern end of the church, also showing the semi-detached tower on the south wall. The window tracery is 14th century perpendicular, though the glazing is Victorian."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5085212] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "Church of St Andrew, Witham on the Hill. Earliest portions are mid 12th C. In 1736 the original tower and spire collapsed; the lives of the bell ringers being saved because they were taking a mid-session break at the local tavern."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Andrew, Witham on the Hill. Earliest portions are mid 12th C. In 1736 the original tower and spire collapsed; the lives of the bell ringers being saved because they were taking a mid-session break at the local tavern."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Heaton, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2006 by Tim Heaton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/203015] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: The Nave. The pews are of oak, and date to 1907. The rood screen is of 1910."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: The Nave. The pews are of oak, and date to 1907. The rood screen is of 1910."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5087080] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: The Nave. We are looking down the years here. The arches on the left are 12th century Norman, those on the right 13th century Early English. The clerestory above, with its windows, is 15th century; yet the tracery of the west window is Perpendicular, from the 14th. The roof and plastered ceiling is by local joiners Smith, Dale and Sandy in 1818 and the pews by A N Prentice in 1907."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: The Nave. We are looking down the years here. The arches on the left are 12th century Norman, those on the right 13th century Early English. The clerestory above, with its windows, is 15th century; yet the tracery of the west window is Perpendicular, from the 14th. The roof and plastered ceiling is by local joiners Smith, Dale and Sandy in 1818 and the pews by A N Prentice in 1907."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5087037] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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view of font

Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: the font. Dating from around 1660, now mounted on a 19th century base."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: the font. Dating from around 1660, now mounted on a 19th century base."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5085255] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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view of font and cover in context

Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: font and cover. The large ornamental cover for the 17th century font is a 19th century item, given to St Andrew's in 1919 by the church at Edenham."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: font and cover. The large ornamental cover for the 17th century font is a 19th century item, given to St Andrew's in 1919 by the church at Edenham."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
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view of font cover - detail

Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: detail of carving on font cover. The decoration on the [19thC] font cover is quite superb."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's Church: detail of carving on font cover. The decoration on the [19thC] font cover is quite superb."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2016 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5085257] [accessed 29 January 2018]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 11466WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Witham-on-the-Hill, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0HT
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A6121, 7 km WSW of Bourne, 11 km NNE of Stamford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Beltisloe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1660?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?)
Font Notes:
There are five entries for Witham [on the Hill] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TF0516/witham-on-the-hill/] [accessed 29 January 2018], one of which, lorded in 1066 by Ulf (Fenman), and by Berewold; Gilbert of Ghent in 1086, reports a church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) write: "Font. Octagonal, with flatly carved leaf, zigzag, etc.; also a patriarchal cross. Is it C17?". The present font in use in this church consists of an octagonal basin with symbols and motifs on the panels, and a moulded base on a three-step plinth; the base and the plinth are modern; the basin said to be mid-17th century, 1660s. Tall elaborate 19th-century openwork wooden cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.7372, -0.441
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 44′ 13.92″ N, 0° 26′ 27.6″ W
UTM: 30U 672761 5846108

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Paley, Frederick Apthorp, Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London, UK: John van Voorst, 1844
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989