Wanlip / Anelepe / Onelip

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12438WAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of Our Lady and St. Nicholas, Wanlip
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26472455
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Church Rd, Wanlip, Leicester LE7 4PJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 116 267 1797
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK6021610989], however, notes: "II Parish Church. Basically C13 and C14 but much restored", and mentions no font in it at all.

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 418