East Barkwith

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12602BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17548270
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Wragby
Font Notes:
Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "a font of very ancient date, highly ornamented." Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], quite ornate. Heads and fluerons at the foot of the bowl. On the bowl itself shields above upside-down shallow arches with trefoil leaves where they meet (cf. font at Covenham St Mary)."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50778] [accessed 1 February 2007]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 262