Blatherwycke / Blarewiche
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12273BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] -- 19th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Blatherwycke [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Blatherwycke
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity [not in Crockford's]
Church Notes: 11thC church; much modified since [became redundant in November 1976]
Church Address: Blatherwycke, Peterborough PE8 6YW, United Kingdom
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A43, 12 km NNE of Corby
Historical Region: Hundred of Corby [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: modern base
Font Notes:
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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, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 15 October 2006]