Stainton-by-Langworth / Staintune
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Large 14th century octagonal font bowl, now missing its stem and resting on the 14th century base in St.John the Baptist's church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2010 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1976831] [accessed 19 December 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![Source caption: "St.John the Baptist's church, Stainton-by-Langworth, Lincs. [...] the little Georgian church of 1796 incorporates a few pieces of medieval stonework."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1191221002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.John the Baptist's church, Stainton-by-Langworth, Lincs. [...] the little Georgian church of 1796 incorporates a few pieces of medieval stonework."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 December 2005 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/93726] [accessed 19 December 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Looking east in St.John the Baptist's church, parts of the 14th century chancel arch were re-used in the rebuilding of 1795"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2010 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1976809] [accessed 19 December 2019]
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design element - motifs - spur - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 July 2010 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1976831] [accessed 19 December 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12773STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Church Ln, Stainton by Langworth, Lincoln LN3 5BL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1522 595596
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located NW the A158, 8 km W of Wragby, 11 kn NE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Wraggoe
Additional Comments: altered font? (the stem is missing now)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Stainton [-by-Langworth] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0677/stainton-by-langworth/] [accessed 19 December 2019] but it mentions neither claric nor church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Octagonal, very large, the base with spurs. C14." The enrty for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0619277560] notes: "Parish church. 1795 but incorporating C14 materails, with restoration of 1885. [...] The large C14 octagonal font bowl has ball flowers to the underside, the stem is missing and it now rests on its base."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 672722 5907029
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.2843, -0.409
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 17′ 3.48″ N, 0° 24′ 32.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decorations and finial
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 684