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INFORMATION
FontID: 12279BUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Bulwick, Northamptonshire NN17 3DY
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Blatherwycke
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the church
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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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