Holton Beckering / Holton cum Beckering / Houtone / Houtune

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: "The C13 octagonal font is on a facetted stem with square base" [Historic England [cf. FontNotes]]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 February 2016 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/25073818695] [accessed 25 November 2018]

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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "The oldest part of the church dates back to the 13th century. The church was enlarged during the 15th century and later had restoration work done under Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century. The arcade – most of the windows and the south porch date from this time. The octagonal font is 13th/15 century. The wrought iron top is modern. The church has north and south aisles and a north chapel. The late 13th C 3 bay arcades have double chamfered arches with octagonal piers and moulded capitals. On the voussoirs are extensive traces of red painted foliage. The lower part of the tower is 13th century and retains the original narrow tower arch and small lancet window in the west wall. The upper tower was added in the 14th century together with the window. The reredos dated 1860 is mosaic and marble and displays Italian workmanship. Restoration dates of interest:- 1851 WA Nicholson – Architect – work undertaken in chancel included the painted ceiling 1859-60 Sir George G Scott – further restoration 1867 Reredos designed by RJ Withers and made by Salviati 1870-74 George G Scott Jnr, urgent restoration work."

Scene Description: Source caption: "The oldest part of the church dates back to the 13th century. The church was enlarged during the 15th century and later had restoration work done under Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century. The arcade – most of the windows and the south porch date from this time. The octagonal font is 13th/15 century. The wrought iron top is modern. The church has north and south aisles and a north chapel. The late 13th C 3 bay arcades have double chamfered arches with octagonal piers and moulded capitals. On the voussoirs are extensive traces of red painted foliage. The lower part of the tower is 13th century and retains the original narrow tower arch and small lancet window in the west wall. The upper tower was added in the 14th century together with the window. The reredos dated 1860 is mosaic and marble and displays Italian workmanship. Restoration dates of interest:- 1851 WA Nicholson – Architect – work undertaken in chancel included the painted ceiling 1859-60 Sir George G Scott – further restoration 1867 Reredos designed by RJ Withers and made by Salviati 1870-74 George G Scott Jnr, urgent restoration work."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2016 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/24446951233] [accessed 25 November 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "[...] The octagonal font is 13th/15 century. The wrought iron top is modern [...]"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 February 2016 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/25073818695] [accessed 25 November 2018]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12656HOL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Late Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the S arcade

Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints

Church Address: Holton cum Beckering, Market Rasen LN8 5NG, UK

Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off the B1202-B13993 crossroads, 4 km NNW of Wragby, 10 km S of Market Rasen

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln

Historical Region: Hundred of Wraggoe

Font Notes: Click to view

There are two entries for Holton [-cum-Beckering] [variant spellings] in the Domesdat survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF1181/holton-cum-beckering/] [accessed 25 November 2018] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Octagonal, somewhat coarse, C14?" The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF1162881283] notes: "Parish church. C13, C14, C15, with chancel rebuilding of 1851 by Nicholson and 1859-60 and 1870-4 restoration by Sir G. G. Scott. [...] Early C13 tower of 2 stages [...] The C13 octagonal font is on a facetted stem with square base."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 678183 5910905

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.3173, -0.325

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 19′ 2.28″ N, 0° 19′ 30″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 389