Hameringham

Results: 4 records

B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: coat of arms - unidentified - 3

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: human figure - seated

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB02: design element - motifs - panel

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12644HAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km ESE of Horncastle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a curious font sculptured with armorial bearings" in this church. Described in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular]. The stem partly with seated figures, partly with panelling. On the bowl pointed quatrefoils and three shields."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989