Basford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11603BAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leodegarius, Basford
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Leodegarius_Church,_Basford
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Address: 152 Church St, Basford, Nottingham NG6 0GD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 115 929 8899
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Basford is located off the A6514 [aka Western Blvd], now a northern suburb of Nottingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) reports an Early English font in this church. Noted in the Southwell Churches site [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk] from a report of a 1722 follow up to the recommendations issued by the Archdeacon upon his 1718 visitation of this church; among them was that a cover be provided for the font. The Southwell Churches 'Official Listing Description' of 29-04-64 [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/basford-st-leodegarius/hlisting.php] [accessed 9 December 2009], however, notes: "octagonal font, C19, with traceried ogee cover" in this church, without mention of the earlier font. Had it disappeared by then? [NB: Kelly's Directory of 1881 notes a newly built church dedicated to St. Augustine, in High Church street, New Basford; it is noted with a modern font]. There is no mention of either font in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 34 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
  • Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881, p. 108 [New Basford]