Blatherwycke

INFORMATION

FontID: 12273BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity [not in Crockford's]
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A43, 12 km NNE of Corby
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] -- 19th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Font Notes:
Mee (1945) notes the modern font, "given last century in memory of a merciful deliverance from drowning" [NB: David Ross, of Britain Express [http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4196] [accessed 3 July 2010] reports, however: "The font is 12th century, but stands on a Victorian base."]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945