Newton-by-Toft / Neutone [Domesday] / Newton by Toft
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view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St. Michael, Newton by Toft, Lincolnshire. Pevsner says "Mostly 1860 by James Fowler"."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Wright, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 October 2005 by David Wright [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/70169] [accessed 10 August 2019]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 February 2014 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3849336] [accessed 10 August 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12723NEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 2 Council Houses, Newton by Toft, Market Rasen LN8 3NF, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of the A631/A1103, E of the A15, 7 km WSW of Market Rasen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Walshcroft
Additional Comments: composite font / altered font (on a modern base)
Font Notes:
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There are four entries for Newton [-by-Toft] [variant spelling] in the Domeday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0587/newton-by-toft/] [accessed 10 August 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Plain octagonal bowl on a C19 base." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0510487358] notes: "Parish Church; C12, C13, C14, C16, restoration of 1860 […] The font is a plain octagonal bowl on a C19 base."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 671521 5916810
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.37252, -0.4217
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 22′ 21.07″ N, 0° 25′ 18.12″ 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. 576