Coleorton

INFORMATION

FontID: 12193COL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1854
Century and Period: 19th century (mid), Victorian
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