Lincoln No. 4 / Lincolia

Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2015

CC-BY-SA-2.0

Results: 3 records

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the disused church, now a Mothers' Union Centre -- Source caption: "St Benedict's church, Lincoln. View from the south. The church is located in the middle of the shopping area."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2015 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4736080] [accessed 16 December 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, St Benedict's church, Lincoln. Looking west. The far pier can be seen to be leaning quite alarmingly."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 November 2015 by Julian P Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4736083] [accessed 16 December 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the 18thC font and cover in the disused church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © St Benedict's Centre, Lincoln, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph in the St Benedict's Centre, Lincoln [http://wasleys.org.uk/eleanor/churches/england/lincolnshire/lincolnshire_three/lincoln_stbenedict/index.html] [accessed 16 December 2018]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 12694LIN
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Benedict [disused; closed; now a day centre]
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Location: St Benedict Sq, Lincoln LN5 7AR, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located in St. Benedict Square, in the city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Lawress
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Medieval
Church Notes: documented before 1107; closed 1931; set for demolition but reprieved at public outcry
There are thirteen entries for Lincoln [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9771/lincoln/] [accessed 16 December 2018]; one of the entries reports a church in it; another, two churches; a third, two churches; a total of five churches in the twelve entries. Baptismal font of the 18th century noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "basin-shaped bowl with swags". [NB: parts of the church date back to the 13th and 14th centuries, but we have no information of the earlier font(s) of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.229658, -0.539933
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 13′ 46.77″ N, 0° 32′ 23.76″ W
UTM: 30U 664204 5900643

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989