Wanlip

INFORMATION

FontID: 12438WAN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Our Lady and St. Nicholas

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Nicholas of Myra

Country Name: England

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located SW of the A46-A607 crossroads, between Birstall and Syston 7-8 km N of Leicester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester

Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated

Font Notes: Click to view

Pevsner (1984) notes the later font: "With cover. Marble, attractive, 1796" [NB: parts of the edifice date back to the 14th century, but we have no information of the original font of this church]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984