Ludborough / Ludeburg
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view of font and cover
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: showing the damage and repair on the sides
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Colin Smith
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12701LUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526217
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Ludborough, Grimsby DN36 5SG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1472 840505
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A15 [aka Ludborough bypass], 10 km NW of Louth, 13-14 km S of Grimsby
Historical Region: Hundred of Ludborough
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludborough
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Ludborough [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2995/ludborough/] [accessed 9 February 2026]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The font here is noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Perp[endicular], plain, octagonal." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2959295502 ] notes: "Parish church. C13, C14, C15, 1858 restoration [...] The C15 font has a plain octagonal bowl on a pedestal."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 695899 5925315
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.4404, -0.050473
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 26′ 25.44″ N, 0° 3′ 1.7″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 546