Fishtoft No. 1 / Fischetoft
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12617FIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Guthlac [originally from St. Michael's Chapel?]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526117
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Guthlac [aka Guthlake]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km ESE of Boston
Additional Comments: disused font / damaged font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "A C14 bowl thought to be from the demolished St Michael's Chapel. Much weathered." [cf. Index entry for Fishtoft No. 2 for a second font in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 278