Litchborough / Liceberge / Lichborough / Lichborrough

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12318LIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin, Litchborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17545485
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: The Green, Litchborough, Towcester NN12 8JG, UK
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the A5, 10 km NW of Towcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gravesend [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Noted in Mee (1945) as a "plain round font" from the large Norman church that replaced the earlier Saxon building, of which only "a round arch blocked in the north arcade" has survived. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP6326654257] notes: "Church. C13, C14, some work of C15; restored 1883 [...] Plain round font with C17 octagonal pyramidal cover with ball finials".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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]