Gate Burton / Bortone / Burton Gate

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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "St.Helen's church, Gate Burton, Lincs. Entirely Victorian church of 1866 with a Norman font".
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Helen's church, Gate Burton, Lincs. Entirely Victorian church of 1866 with a Norman font".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2005 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/47446] [accessed 25 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12624GAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen
Font Location in Church: Inside the 19th-century church [originally from the old church?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Notes: church in ruins in mid-18thC; demolished; re-built on new site in 1866
Church Address: Gainsborough Rd, Gate Burton, Gainsborough DN21 5BA, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A156-A1500 crossroads, across from Littleborough, 6-7 km S of Gainsborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Well
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: originally from the old church
Font Notes:
There is an entry for [Gate] Burton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8383/gate-burton/] [accessed 25 December 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Norman, drum-shaped. Arcading with segmental arches. In it flowers or faces." [NB: this is a Victorian church dating from 1866, but the Norman font is probably from the original church on this site]. The entry for the re-built church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8389082899] notes: "Parish church. 1866. [...] C12 drum font with beaded arcading containing large flower heads and human heads." [NB: one source [cf. Index entry for Middle Rasen] claims a Norman font from this church was moved to Middle Rasen [cf. Index entry] -- e-mail sent to the parish contact to ask for elucidation and photograph if possible (25 December 2018)].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 649823 5911675
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.333, -0.75
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 19′ 58.8″ N, 0° 45′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 303