Langton by Horncastle / Langetone
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Margaret's church. 13th and 15th century church largely rebuilt by W.Scorer 1890-91".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2014 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4049073] [accessed 2 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12689LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Langton w Old Woodhall, Horncastle LN9 5JT, UK -- Tel.: 07842 202525
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B1191, 2 km SW of Horncastle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Horncastle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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There are three entries for this Langton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2368/langton/] [accessed 2 December 2018] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The object used as baptismal font in St. Margaret's is described in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Put together from several pieces. The foot is a keystone of a Norman rib-vault. It comes from Kirkstead Abbey. The bowl is a late medieval kitchen mortar." Pevsner & al. (ibid.) note a 'baptismal shell' in this church: "Silver, circular, with eight sunk medallions with scenes fom the Life of Christ. C19. Brought back from Bethlehem in 1860." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2372468990] notes: "Parish church. Mid C13, C15, 1750, heavily restored and partly rebuilt by W. Scorer in 1890-1. [...] Font consisting of several medieval fragments; the base, a keystone of a late C12 rib vault from Kirkstead Abbey; the bowl, of Barnack stone with bulbous corners, discovered in St. Lawrence Street, Horncastle."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.2033, -0.15
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 12′ 11.88″ N, 0° 9′ 0″ W
UTM: 30U 690343 5898679
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989