Freeby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12206FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Freeby
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526032
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 14th church; restored 1894; restored and re-opened in 2016
Church Address: Unnamed Road, Mowbray, Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B676, 5 km ENE of Melton Mowbray
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. E[arly] E[nglish], square, with chamfered corners and four crosses." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8038420122] notes: "Parish church. Early C14, tower and clerestory C15, chancel raised C15, aisles rebuilt in restoration of 1893 [...] C13 square font with a cross on each side, on an octagonal stem."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 155