Horninghold / Horniwale

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view of basin - detail
view of basin - interior
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Peter, Horninghold; south side. A mixture of limestone and ironstone, with a fine Norman doorway."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Heaton, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 August 2006 by Tim Heaton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/222513] [accessed 13 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior in context - north view
view of church interior
view of church interior
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 12225HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Hallaton Road, Horninghold, Leicestershire LE16 8DQ
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located just N of Blaston, 7 km SW of Uppingham 13 km NE of Market Harborough ESE of Leicester, near the Rutland border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Transitional / Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Martin Griffin, of www.horninghold.org.uk, and to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk] for their photographs of this church and font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Horninghold [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8097/horninghold/] [accessed 13 August 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, 1964) notes: "Horninghold church seems, on the architectural evidence, to have been built in the early 12th century. In or shortly before 1151 it was confirmed to Belvoir Priory by Archbishop Theobald [...] The early church dated from the first half of the 12th century when it probably consisted of nave, chancel, and tower. The base of the tower and portions of the nave walls survive. [...] Its most striking feature is the early-12th-century south doorway. [...] The plain octagonal font bowl stands on circular supports and is probably of the 13th century. The cover may be the one supplied in response to an archdeacon's request in 1777 [footnote: 'Leic. City Mun. Room, 1 D.41/18/21']".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.564855,
-0.810883
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 33′ 53.48″ N,
0° 48′ 39.18″ W
UTM: 30U 648376 5826117
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century?
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat round platform with three (?) raised scroll ribs and turned finial
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2006-09-26 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.