Burbage / Burbach / Burbage by Hinckley
Results: 5 records
B01: coat of arms - Hastings
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: coat of arms - Stafford
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
B03: coat of arms - Chawell
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
B04: design element - patterns - tracery
Scene Description: on five of the sides of the octagonal basin [cf. Font notes]
B05: design element - motifs - quatrefoil
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11523BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the M69, on the W side of Hinckley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Early Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Gough (1792) writes: "Burbach [sic] font is octagon; on three sides are the arms of Hastings, Stafford, and Chawell; on the others, Gothic tracery." Noted and illustrated in Nichols (1875-1811). Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). In Pevsner (1984): "Font. Probably C14, octagonal, with square panels with tracery, quatrefoils, and shields." [see also entry for Aston Flamville, Leics]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; p. 194 and fn
Nichols, John, History and antiquities of the town and County of Leicester, London: John Nichols & Son, 1795-1811
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818