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
Font ID: 12689LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: Langton w Old Woodhall, Horncastle LN9 5JT, UK -- Tel.: 07842 202525
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1191, 2 km SW of Horncastle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Horncastle
Additional Comments: composite font: made up of non-baptismal components / re-cycled font / re-cycled boss/keystone / recycled mortar -- MUST USE
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
UTM: 30U 690343 5898679
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.2033, -0.15
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 12′ 11.88″ N, 0° 9′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 425