Shepshed / Scepes

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12419SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Botolph, Shepshed
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Botolph%27s_Church,_Shepshed
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Botulph [aka St. Botolph, Botolph of Thorney, Botulf]
Church Address: Church Side, Shepshed, Loughborough LE12 9RL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1509 502255
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A512, W of the M1, 4-5 km W of Loughborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner ((184): "Font. Plain bowl on a circular base with two rows of cusped niches; C14."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 376