Leicester No. 7 / Ledecestre

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12239LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Matthew [originally from Little Dalby Parish Church of St James]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew%27s_Church,_Leicester
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Matthew
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Little Dalby Parish Church of St James
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for Little Dalby] Little Dalby, Melton Mowbray LE14 2UG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1664 561909
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: St Matthew's is on Montreal Rd, in the NE suburbs of Leicester -- Little Dalby is 6 km SE of Melton Mowbray
Additional Comments: Little Dalby's claim to fame: birthplace of the Stilton cheese -- according to Nichols' Hist of Leics, Mrs Orton is the originator of the famous cheese ca. 1720
Font Notes:
A font at the church of Little Dalby is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818) [which probably means the font was moved to Leicester St. Matthew's after that date]. Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Medieval, from Little Dalby."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 645221 5842921
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.716667, -0.85
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 43′ 0″ N, 0° 51′ 0″ W

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 242
  • Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, p. 495 and pl. xvvi, fig. 3 / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 23 September 2007]