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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12269ABI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Weston Favell
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S doorway [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Park Avenue South, Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 3AB, UK
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Weston Favell, on the ring-road, just out of central Northampton, and now a district of it
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Spelhoe
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1849): "The font is octagonal, late Perpendicular." In Whellan (1849), after Parker. Described in the Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937): "The earliest parts of the building are the lower part of the tower and the south doorway, which are of late12th-century date. [...] The font is of 15th-century date, with octagonal panelled bowl and stem: it has a pyramidal oak cover." The VCH mentions this font as similar to the one in nearby Weston Favell. Described in Mee (1945): "15th century font, with its original pyramid cover. It is a superb centrepiece; its bowl is carved with roses, the shaft having widow tracery." In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], the stem with blank tracery panelling, the bowl with quatrefoils, a rosette, a large leaf, etc. Font cover. Octagonal, spire-shaped, with crockets up the angles." The parish web site has: "By the south door is the the Font and is used as the Baptistry. The Font is of 15th century date and originally stood at the back of the Nave, and was for a time under the tower, and was moved to its present position in 2000. The oak font cover also of 15th century date is in the tower room. Octagonal in shape, it has some good carving including roses, shields, circles, leaves and quatrefoils."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 645964 5790775

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 15th century?
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 15 October 2006]
  • Parker, John Henry, Architectural notices of the churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon, London; Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1849, p. 257
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, p. 343
  • Whellan, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Northamptonshire, comprising a general survey of the county, and a history of the Diocese of Peterborough: with separate [...], London: Whittaker & Co., Ave Maria Lane, 1849, p. 196