Coleorton / Ouretone / Ovretone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12193COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1854
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Coleorton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17542285
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 19thC church
Church Address: Loughborough Road, Coleorton, Coalville, LE67 8FB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1530 564372
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the A512, 3-4 km E of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font of this church
Font Notes:
The present baptismal font is noted in Pevsner (1984) as an excellent piece of 1854. [NB: according to Pevsner (ibid.) parts of the church date back to the Decorated period, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 136