Aubourn / Auborn

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B01: symbol - shield - in a quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12530AUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A46, 12 km SSW of Licoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the old church [of which only the old chancel and a 19th-century tower remain standing]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church Notes: Only the original chancel and a tower added in the 19th century remain of the old church -- the new one is also dedicated to St. Peter
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, with shields in quatrefoils."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989