Peckleton / Pechintone

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12373PEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: similar decoration on the fonts at Rothley and Hungarton, in Leics., and Gt. Casterton in nearby Rutland
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Peckleton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17525542
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: Church Rd, Peckleton, Leicester LE9 7RA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1455 822276
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A47, 12 km WSW of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Circular, drum-shaped, with decoration of concentric lozenges." [NB: Pevsner (ibid.) remarks on the similarity of the decorative patterns on the Peckleton, Rothley, Hungarton and Great Casterton fonts]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 347, 364, 472
  • Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, [vol. IV, part II, p. 535 and pl. cxl / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 7 October 2007]