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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12270ACH

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist

Church Address: Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire PE8 5SL, UK

Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off the A605, just W of the junction with the B662, 8 km S of Oundle, 30-35 km SW of Peterborough

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough

Historical Region: Hundred of Navisford

Font Notes: Click to view

The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 3, 1930) notes: "The church of St. John-the-Baptist [...] erected c. 1280–90 [...] The font, which stands in the south transept, is ancient, and consists of a plain octagonal bowl and stem." Noted in Mee (1945): "the font is 13th century". No font mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973). [NB: the church of Lilford was demolished in 1778, and some of its monuments were moved to Thorpe Achurch [cf. Index entry for Lilford].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 669972 5812413

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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]