Lilbourne / Lilleburne / Limeburne
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12317LIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Lilbourne
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526557
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: 12th church; much modified since
Church Address: Station Rd, Lilbourne, Rugby CV23 0SX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7528 765027
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near the county boundary with Warwickshire
Historical Region: Hundred of Guilsborough [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: damaged font / broken font: only fragments left
Font Notes:
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Mee (1945) writes: "By the modern font are fragments of its Norman predecessor." Not mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973) [NB: a church is believed to have existed here since Anglo-Saxon times, but we have no information on a font of that period in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
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 25 October 2006]