Foston nr. Wigston / Fostone
Image copyright © Michael Holmes, 2006
Permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2006)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Holmes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Michael Holmes [www.foston-church.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2006)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Holmes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Michael Holmes [www.foston-church.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 21 September 2006)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian Rob, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2014 by Ian Rob [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3988137] [accessed 29 August 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kate Jewell, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2006 by Kate Jewell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/209315] [accessed 29 August 2014]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Holmes, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Michael Holmes [www.foston-church.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 21 September 2006)
view of base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Holmes, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Michael Holmes [www.foston-church.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2006)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12205FOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1300?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the tower arch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Address: Foston Lane, Kilby, Leicestershire LE8 5WQ, UK
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A5199, S of Wigston, SSE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Foston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP6095/foston/] [accessed 29 August 2014], but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. A font here is noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Plain, circular, stil on its four original legs and central shaft." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SP6033694997] (1957) notes: " Font is probably C12 or C13". The Foston Church web site [www.foston-church.org.uk] [accessed 21 September 2006] illustrates the font and states: "The font is from the same date as the south arcade (1300) [dated similarly in Pevsner above] and is of simple design, with five rectangular pillars."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michael Holmes, of www.foston-church.org.uk, for the photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 628032 5823845
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.549603, -1.111713
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 32′ 58.57″ N, 1° 6′ 42.17″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with metal decorations and handle
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 153