Upper Langwith / Langwith Bassett

INFORMATION

FontID: 11606LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Cross
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Country Name: England
Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 12-13 km SSW of Mansfield, about 15 km E of Chesterfield, near the county border with Notts.
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory of 1891 reports "a handsome stone font, given by Admiral the Hon. Francis Egerton J.P., F.R.G.S. and Lady Louisa Egerton in 1878, when the church was restored". Noted in Pevsner (1978): "Font and pulpit by Shaw" [i.e., Richard Norman Shaw (1831-1912)]. [NB: Pevsner notes that the chancel of the church is 13th-century -- we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

REFERENCES

Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978