Somerby by Bigby / Somerby nr. Brigg / Somerby-by-Bigby / Somerby juxta Bigby

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Scene Description: the base is described as being of a later date than the basin [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph 19 December 2000 by Thomas E. Russo, in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=2757] [accessed 3 August 2021]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Stone Face. Carved by the doorway to St Margaret's Church in Somerby"

Image Source: digital photograph 20 November 2014 by Neil Theasby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4252804] [accessed 3 August 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Margaret's church, Somerby by Rigby. One has to wonder how such a small hamlet could ever support a church but they clearly did, possibly back to Norman times."

Image Source: digital photograph 6 February 2018 by Chris Morgan [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5675227] [accessed 3 August 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Somerby - St Margaret's Church. This small thirteenth century church is a Grade II listed building."

Image Source: digital photograph 20 November 2014 by Neil Theasby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4252803] [accessed 3 August 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the composite font in the southwest corner of the nave [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph 19 December 2000 by Thomas E. Russo, in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=2757] [accessed 3 August 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12763SOM

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret

Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]

Church Location: 6 Somerby Green, Somerby, Barnetby DN38 6EY, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A1084, 6-7 km E of Glandford Brigg, 25 km W of Grimsby, in the Licolnshire Wolds

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Norman, a plain circular bowl." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TA0623706626] notes: "the font which is a plain C12 cylindrical tub resting on a moulded annular base which appears contemporary. Traces of paint on the west side." Described and illustrated in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=2757] [accessed 3 August 2021]: plain drum basin; lead-lined inside; upper rim has drilled holes and damage repairs; basin difficult to date; base of a later date; modern plinth. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.5455, -0.3981

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 32' 43" N, 0° 23' 53" W

UTM: 30U 672250 5936128

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead lining

Diameter (inside rim): 53 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 68.5 cm*

Basin Total Height: 45 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI

REFERENCES

Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. Accessed: 2021-08-03 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989