Bishop's Norton / Bishop Norton
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12539BIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th century (?), Early Christian / Anglo-Roman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead tank
Cognate Fonts: similar though not identical lead tanks found in Walesby (Lincs.) and Wellingborough (Nhants.)
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 16 km WNW of Market Rasen
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Norton
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Part of a late Roman baptismal tank was found at Bishop Norton, like that from Walesby [...], but bearing a partial inscription. It is one of a number of early Christian lead tanks and suggests the presence of a cult centre, perhaps based in a villa." Listed in Taylor ([2006?]) in a group of Roman decorated tanks discovered in the East Midlands (Walesby, Bishop Norton, Caistor, Brough, Thorpe by Newark and Rushton).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
Number of Pieces: fragment
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 148
- Taylor, Jeremy, "An Archaeological Resource Assessment and Research Agenda for the Roman Period in the East Midlands [draft research agenda]", [2006?]