Fenton / Fentone / Fentune
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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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view of church exterior - south view
![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]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181102001_compressed.png)
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]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524689] [accessed 1 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - looking southwest
![the reconstructed font is partially visible at the far [west] end of the south aisle](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181102003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the reconstructed font is partially visible at the far [west] end of the south aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524703] [accessed 1 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2017 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5524692] [accessed 1 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12614FEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Pump Ln, Fenton, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire NG23, UK -- Tel.: 01636 626720
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: altered font? / reconstructed font? (the present font in use is a reconstruction using 13thC parts) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 654782 5879869
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.0459, -0.691
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 2′ 45.24″ N, 0° 41′ 27.6″ W
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, p. 275