Aston Flamville / Aston Flamvile

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12181AST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Aston_Flamville
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Sharnford Road, Aston Flamville, Leicestershire, LE10 3AF, UK
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the M69, across from Hinckley
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
A font is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818) under Aston Flamville, likely the earlier font of this church before the Victorian re-building. Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. An extraordinarily frilly piece of High Victoriana. Marble. Biblical scenes and canopies on the bowl." [NB: was the old font lost at the time?] [see also entry for Burbage, and http://www.burbage.leicester.anglican.org/about/history.html [accessed 30 September 2007] -- confirmation to be sought]]. The British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-188992-church-of-st-peter-aston-flamville] [accessed 19 September 2011] gives the dates of the early fabric of this church in the 11th and 13th centuries. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font].

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 87
  • Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, [vol. IV, part II, p. 530 and pl. lxvii / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 30 September 2007]