Nether Heyford / Haiford / Heiford / Heiforde

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12326HEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Nether Heyford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, attached to one of the piers of the nave (?) arcade
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17545176
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: Nether Heyford, Northampton NN7 3LQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1327 344436
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) tha A5, 6-7 km SSW of Northampton
Historical Region: Hundred of Nobottle [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Described in Mee (1945): "The font has an octagonal cover with 14th century foliage carved on panels in which the red and green paint of the medieval artist is fading away." [NB: is the font from the same date? The fabric of the building goes back to the 12th century]. A "Drawing of front elevation and plan view of the font at Upper Heyford church" is recorded in Scran [ID: 000-000-653-960-C] Resource Rights Holder: Northamptonshire Libraries and Information Service (X4L RAPID)] [www.scran.ac.uk]. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP6596058714] notes: "Church. C13, C14, C16; restored and reseated 1855 [...] Font with plain round bowl and C17 octagonal, pyramidal, cover with ball finial."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin

LID INFORMATION

Date: 14th-century
Material: wood
Notes: painted font [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 26 October 2006]