Normanton nr. Grantham / Normanton-on-Cliffe

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Nicholas' nave. Looking east with a late 12th century S arcade and early 14th century N arcade."

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Nicholas' nave. Looking west with a late 12th century S arcade, early 14th century N arcade and 13th century tower arch."

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the cover, stem and lower base appear modern

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J Hannan-Briggs, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 October 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3185980] [accessed 14 July 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12726NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas [redundant since 1974 --- in the care of the Churches Trust]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Normanton-on-Cliffe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3BH
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 11-12 km NNE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Loveden
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only?], Medieval [composite]
No entry for this Normanton found in the Domesday survey. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "a large stone font" in this church. The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK9489346249] (1966) notes: "The font is a plain C12 circular tubs on a round columnar base." Not mentioned in Pevsner & al, (1989). The bucket-shaped basin appears totally plain; it retains a couple of metal staples from an old font cover; raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a round-to-square lower base, both of which appears modern, or totally re-cut.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.005, -0.5874
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 0′ 18″ N, 0° 35′ 14.64″ W
UTM: 30U 661879 5875550

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831