Kelby
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view of church exterior - west tower - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gargoyles and grotesques on the tower of St Andrew's Church, Kelby"
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view of church exterior - gargoyle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 October 2012 by J.Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3273850] [accessed 2 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's church, Kelby. Grade I listed. The church dates from the 12th century onwards. The tower and spire were rebuilt in 1850. The tower has gargoyles and a fish weather vane. There are north and south aisles, the two bay north arcade is 12th century, with round piers. The south arcade is 13th century with octagonal piers. The nave has clerestory Windows from the 15th century. There is a set of 14th century poppyhead bench ends and a large octagonal font from the same time. The South wall of the chancel has an aumbry."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 October 2012 by J.Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3273836] [accessed 2 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2010 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1986398] [accessed 2 September 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12677KEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: somewhat similar to the font at Crowland? [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel / Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: Kelby church is a chapelry of Heydour
Church Address: Oasby Road, Kelby, Lincolnshire, NG32 3AH
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Ancaster, 9 km WSW of Sleaford, 14 km NE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here?)
Font Notes:
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Rickman (1825) mentions a font at Kelby in reference to the Perpendicular font at Crowland. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes: "the font is very ancient". [NB: the font is not mentioned in Pevsner et al. (1989)]. Listed in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TF0035941424] (1967): "C14 large plain octagonal ont with stop chamfers to the square base."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 667360 5870793
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.9606, -0.508251
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 57′ 38.16″ N, 0° 30′ 29.71″ W
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=51068] [accessed 14 February 2007]
- Rickman, Thomas, An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England, from the Conquest to the Reformation, with a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders, An [7th ed. -- orig. published in 1817], Oxford and London: Parker and Co., 1881, p. 252