Islip nr. Kettering No. 2 / Eslep / Hystlepa / Isteslepe / Itteslep / Slepe / Ycteslepe

INFORMATION

FontID: 12316ISL
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: School Lane, Islip, Northamptonshire, NN14 3LQ
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A14, 15 km E of Kettering
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Huxloe
Font Location in Church: By the south doorway [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 3, 1930) writes; "to the east of the south doorway a groined niche for a stoup, the supporting half-octagonal shaft of which still remains." Noted in Mee (1945) as a holy-water stoup of the same age as the font [15th century?] located by the south doorway. [cf. Index entry fro Islip (Nhants) no. 1 for the baptismal font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-05-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945