Upper Langwith / Langwith Bassett

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11606LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Cross, Upper Langwith
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17545263
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Address: Upper Langwith, Mansfield NG20 9RF, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1623 618972
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A632, 12-13 km SSW of Mansfield, about 15 km E of Chesterfield, near the county border with Notts.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the building goes back to the 13th century
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, p. 247
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 348