Gaulby / Galbi / Galby

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view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 12215GAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Front Street, Gaulby, Leicestershire LE7 9BB
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located S of the A47/Leicester Rd., NW of King's Norton, 12-13 km ESE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Date: ca. 1184?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Gaulby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6901/gaulby/] [accessed 11 August 2015, neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) notes: "Galby church was granted to the hospital of Burton Lazars by William Burdet before 1184. [...] The 12th-century church, which may have been built by William Burdet, has completely disappeared. The only part of the later building to survive the alterations of 1741 is the chancel, and this appears to date from the very end of the Gothic period. [...] The church was said to be in need of repair in 1776 when it lacked a font cover, royal arms, Creed and Commandment boards, a table of prohibited degrees, and a list of benefactions. [...] The font may date from 1741". Pevsner (1984) states: "Font and font cover. Probably of 1741". [NB: we have no information on font of the original late-12th century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.602892, -0.97538
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 10.41″ N, 0° 58′ 31.37″ W
UTM: 30U 637109 5830022
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2006-09-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818