Pickworth nr. Lenton / Picheuorde / Picheuuorde [Domesday] / Picheurde / Pichevorde [Domesday] / Pichevrde / Picheworde (Lincs.)
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view of font and cover in context - west side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Plain 13th century font in St.Andrew's church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2007 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/521683] [accessed 23 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Andrew, Pickworth: South Door. A 14th century door and fitments inside the porch. Almost certainly dating to 1358 when the Pickworth family restored the church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561269] [accessed 23 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![Source caption: "The church of St Andrew is a grade I listed building whose oldest identifiable features are from the 12th century. It is well known for the Medieval wall paintings discovered in 1947."
FONT digital photograph taken 9 August 2007 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/521683] [accessed 23 July 2015] Source caption: "Plain 13th century font in St.Andrew's church"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151001043_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church of St Andrew is a grade I listed building whose oldest identifiable features are from the 12th century. It is well known for the Medieval wall paintings discovered in 1947."
FONT digital photograph taken 9 August 2007 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/521683] [accessed 23 July 2015] Source caption: "Plain 13th century font in St.Andrew's church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561262] [accessed 23 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover in context - southwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "unmodified 13th century font, one of the oldest features in the church. The plain font cover appears to be early 20th century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4579616] [accessed 23 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking north
Scene Description: Source caption: "The North Aisle and Font. 12th century pillar bases, 14th century pillars and arches."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4561340] [accessed 23 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![notice the font and cover in the foreground, left [north] side -- Source caption: "Church of St Andrew, Pickworth: Nave, Rood Screen, and Chancel arch. Note in particular the medieval wall paintings above the Chancel Arch."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1151001046_compressed.png)
Scene Description: notice the font and cover in the foreground, left [north] side -- Source caption: "Church of St Andrew, Pickworth: Nave, Rood Screen, and Chancel arch. Note in particular the medieval wall paintings above the Chancel Arch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4575497] [accessed 23 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - chancel arch - painting
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Andrew, Pickworth: Painted chancel arch. At the head of the Nave are the most stunning portion of the Medieval wall paintings revealed in 1947. The current roof pitch is lower than when painted, so much of the painting has been lost."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2015 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4545266] [accessed 23 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12740PIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, toards the W, against a pillar of the N arcade
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Pickworth, Lincolnshire, NG34 0TF
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km W of Folkingham, 6 km NE of Lenton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aveland [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font? (the present font) -- disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
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There are four entries for Pickworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TF0433/pickworth/] [accessed 23 July 2014]; one of them mentions a priest in it; two of them mention 0.5 churches in them. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. C12 circular bowl on a later octagonal base."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 671575 5863147
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.8906, -0.4496
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 53′ 26.16″ N, 0° 26′ 58.56″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with turned handle; modern
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 601