Haltham / Haltham-upon-Bain / Haltham-on-Bain / Holtham

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design element - motifs - floral - 18

Scene Description: three on each of the six sides of the basin

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 12

Scene Description: little motifs at the angles and sides of the upper rim

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2016

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Norman doorway inside the south porch of St Benedict's parish church, Haltham-on-Bain, Lincolnshire".

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/450903] [accessed 9 July 2019]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2016

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of St Benedict, Haltham-on-Bain. The north aisle arcade."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12643HAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Benedict [redundant since 1977]
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict of Nursia
Church Location: Church Ln, Haltham-on-Bain, Horncastle LN9 6JF, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A153, just W of the Bain river, 8 km SSW of Horncastle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Horncastle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
There are two entries for Haltham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2463/haltham/] [accessed 9 July 2019], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) have: "Font. Hexagonal, with square leaves as used in the diapering of backgrounds." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2461063842] notes: "Parish church, now vested in the Redundant Churches fund. Early C12, late C12, late C13, C14, C15, restored 1880 and 1891. [...] C14 octagonal font with shaped base, fleurons to the sides of the bowl and moulded rim, also with foliage."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.1571, -0.1379
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 9′ 25.56″ N, 0° 8′ 16.44″ W
UTM: 30U 691356 5893573

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: hexagonal and flat, with patterned top and ring handle; modern

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989