Hameringham

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12644HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26316340
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km ESE of Horncastle
Font Notes:
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, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51001] [accessed 7 February 2007]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 360