Stamford No. 3
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 August 2012 by Ben [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3075723] [accessed 16 April 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian S, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 December 2015 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4767594] [accessed 16 April 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12774STA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: St George's Square, Stamford PE9 2BN, UK -- Tel.: +44 1780 481800
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A1175, in St. George's Square, Stamford town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Octagonal, probably Perp[endicular]." The entry for this church in Historic England [Legacy System number: 193617] notes: "C12 or earlier in origin, but the earliest visible fabric is the C13 [...] Possibly C14 font, with a plain, tapered polygonal bowl and a moulded polygonal base."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.6517,
-0.4759
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 39′ 6.12″ N,
0° 28′ 33.24″ W
UTM: 30U 670739 5836517
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989