Fenton / Fentone / Fentune

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: EXT S digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524689] [accessed 1 November 2018] INT E digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524692] [accessed 1 November 2018] INT WITH FONT digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524703] [accessed 1 November 2018]

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view of church interior - looking southwest

Scene Description: the reconstructed font is partially visible at the far [west] end of the south aisle

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Described in Historic England: "Table font with fragments of C13 capitals and bases used in more recent reconstruction." [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524703] [accessed 1 November 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12614FEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Pump Ln, Fenton, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire NG23, UK -- Tel.: 01636 626720
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A17, 11-12 km ESE of Newark, 23 km SW of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Oswaldbeck
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
There are three entries for this Fenton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7983/fenton/] [accessed 1 November 2018] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) write: "Font. E[arly] E[nglish], plain, octagonal." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8785250687] notes: "Parish Church, C12, C13, C14, C15, 1838, restored 1875 and 1888. [...] Table font with fragments of C13 capitals and bases used in more recent reconstruction."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.0459, -0.691
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 2′ 45.24″ N, 0° 41′ 27.6″ W
UTM: 30U 654782 5879869

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and clasp; appears modern

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989