Stainton-by-Langworth / Staintune

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design element - motifs - spur - 4

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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

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."

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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"

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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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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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INFORMATION

FontID: 12773STA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Church Ln, Stainton by Langworth, Lincoln LN3 5BL, UK -- Tel.: +44 1522 595596
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.2843, -0.409
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 17′ 3.48″ N, 0° 24′ 32.4″ W
UTM: 30U 672722 5907029

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