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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12279BUL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Bulwick

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the church

Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526827

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra

Church Notes: 13th-14thC church

Church Address: Bulwick, Corby NN17 3DY, United Kingdom

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

Directions to Site: Located off the A43, 11-12 km NE of Corby

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough

Additional Comments: price of a font cover in 1866 = £4

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Mee (1945): "The medieval font is round and plain." The Oundle Deanery web site for this church [www.oundledeanery.org.uk/parishes/bulwickandblatherwycke] [accessed 23 December 2011] notes: "The small round font is medieval; the cover of wood and wrought-iron was made in 1866 for £4." The basin is cylindrical, with a tall underbowl chamfer and a short round stem; raised on a squat quadrangular lower base. The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal decoration.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1866

Material: wood, oak

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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 16 October 2006]