Harpswell / Herpeswelle
Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
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Results: 16 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Late 12th century Norman drum font in St.Chad's church." -- notice the miniature replica of a later-date font on it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 March 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1189697] [accessed 24 November 2018]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [ww.geograph.org.uk/photo/459922] [accessed 24 November 2018]
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view of font
Scene Description: damage-repaired side of font and base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
view of font
Scene Description: damaged-repaired side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 18 January 2007)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
view of font - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
view of basin
Scene Description: damaged-repaired side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches
![[cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1070119004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church dates from the late 11th century onwards, and was restored in the 19th century. It has a West tower, nave with south aisle,south porch and a rectangular chancel. The West tower is 11th century, one of the few complete Anglo-Saxon Towers remaining in England. The north nave wall was rebuilt in the 19th century, the chancel has plain north and south wall and also dates from that time. The south Arcade is Norman and was extended in the 13th and 14th century. The South porch is 14th century also, although the doorway was restored in the 19th century and has a 20th century door. The South aisle has a West window of 13th century which was restored in the 19th century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jules & Jenny, 2016 [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/27313707562] [accessed 24 November 2018]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [ww.geograph.org.uk/photo/460152] [accessed 24 November 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jules & Jenny, 2016 [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/27341157201] [accessed 24 November 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mark Hurd, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Hurd [www.glentworthparishes.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 January 2007)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12553HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2007-01-18
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Chad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, between the S door and the Saxon tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Church Notes: original church ca. 1042?
Church Address: Church Lane, Harpswell, Gainsborough DN21 5UY, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A631, off the A15, 10 km E of Gainsborough, 20 km N of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aslacoe
Additional Comments: damaged font (a large segment was broken off one of the sides of the basin and has been roughly repaired [cf. FontNotes]) -- disappeared font? (the one from the moiety of the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
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There are three entries for Harpswell [variant spelling] in te Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9389/harpswell/] [accessed 24 November 2018], one of reports "0.5 churches" in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) nore: "Font. Transitional, drum-shaped, with blank arcading, the arches straight-sided." On-site notes by Mark Hurd (18 January 2007): "Best preserved side of font faces into the church. South, west and north sides are much damaged and repaired with large segment brokent out, replaced and crudely repaired. Lead lining is also cracked and crudely repaired. This font is set upon what appears to be a recent (Edwardian? / Victorian?) lower plinth with a step for the vicar. A second plinth is on top of this and appears to be much older (possibly not as old as the font?) and again heavily damaged and repaired to the rear [...] Spoke with churchwarden who regrettably knows nothing of the history of the font other than it is quite old." Tub-shaped basin raised on a quadrangular base and plinth, the latter with 'kneeling stone'; the basin is decorated with a roll moulding at the upper rim, a blind arcade of narrow pointed -practically triangle-headed- arches all around. Round flat cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Hurd, of www.glentworthparishes.org.uk, for the on-site notes and the photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 659971 5919266
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.3982, -0.5939
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 23′ 53.52″ N, 0° 35′ 38.04″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 35 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm [calculated -- with only the upper volume of the base]
Font Height (with Plinth): 111 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * taken by Mark Hurd (2007) for BSI
LID INFORMATION
Date: early to mid 20th-century
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat; appears plain and modern
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 368