Friskney / Freschena / Freschenei / Frischenei
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design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: probably four of them, alternating with head motifs
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1396824] [accessed 19 May 2019]
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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - cusped - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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head
Scene Description: human? angel? probably four of them, alternating with floral motifs
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1396824] [accessed 19 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2007 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/jpguffogg/37762489872/] [accessed 19 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1396799] [accessed 19 May 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2007 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/jpguffogg/37762488392/] [accessed 19 May 2019]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Crudely carved octagonal 15th century bowl on All Saints' font".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1396824] [accessed 19 May 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12621FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Ln, Friskney, Boston PE22 8NA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the A52, 5-6 km SW of Wainfleet, 18 km NE of Boston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Candleshoe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Friskney [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF4655/friskney/] [accessed 19 May 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Bond, Harris and Antram (1989) report: "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], rather crude. Quatrefoils on the bowl." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF4605755400] notes: "Parish church. Late C12, late C13, mid C14, mid C15, restored by W. Butterfield in 1879. [...] C15 octagonal ironstone font, crudely worked, with cusped panels and bowl supported by small head and foliate motifs; octagonal pedestal."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.07573, 0.1789
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 4′ 32.63″ N, 0° 10′ 44.04″ E
UTM: 31U 311028 5884415
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989