Upper Dean / Dean / Dena / Dene

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Standing permission
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - rose - in a quatrefoil - 8
LB01: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - 8
view of basin - interior
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 11678DEA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B645, 6 km W of Kimbolton, 23 km N of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Stodden
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle, opposite the S door
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The 13th-century chancel arch is the oldest part of the building [...] The font, which is in the south aisle, has an octagonal bowl panelled with quatrefoils, resting on an octagonal base with leaves carved on each side, and is of the 14th century." Octagonal mounted baptismal font; the basin is decorated with a large quatrefoil in a circle on each side;plain underbowl chamfer; the octagonal stem has a large square flower on each side; the wooden cover is octagonal and plain, perhaps 19th-century? [NB: there is at least one metal staple in the upper rim surface, but, uncharacteristically, two other staples appear on one of the vertical sides of the basin; these were not original and have caused the stone to crack horizontally; the basin well is lead lined with a central drainage hole.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 672704 5797179
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century? / modern?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.