Wainfleet St. Mary
Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - south view
![Source caption: "St Mary's church, Wainfleet [...] St Mary’s church is a parish church dating from the late 12th century, early 13th century, early 15th century, 18th century with restorations between 1875 and 1892. The church is built of limestone coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and some red brick. The church consists of a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, south porch and chancel with organ chamber."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1190120037_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church, Wainfleet [...] St Mary’s church is a parish church dating from the late 12th century, early 13th century, early 15th century, 18th century with restorations between 1875 and 1892. The church is built of limestone coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and some red brick. The church consists of a west tower, nave, north and south aisles, south porch and chancel with organ chamber."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 December 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3797530] [accessed 20 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12807WAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: the font at Wainfleet All Saints, among others
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 12thC church restored 1875 and 1892; tower re-built (?) 15thC
Church Address: Church Ln, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness PE24 4JT, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SW of and adjacent to Wainfleet All Saints, itself on the A52, 8 km SW of Skegness, about 50 km ESE of Lincoln [NB: the church is not in the village but about 2 km W of it]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Candleshoe
Additional Comments: altered font? (the pedestal base is 19thC replacement)
Font Notes:
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There are seven entries for Wainfleet [All Saints and St Mary] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/wainfleet-all-saints-and-st-mary/] [accessed 20 January 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this church in Edmund Oldfield's A topographical and historical account of Wainfleet and the Wapentake of Candleshoe, in the County of Lincoln (London: Longman, [etc.], 1829: p. 76) notes: "The font is octagonal, and bears a close resemblance to the font in the church of All Saints, being adorned with emblematic representations of the sufferings of the redeemer of men." Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, leaves on the stem, four tracery panels and four shields with the instruments of the Passion on the bowl (just as at Wainfleet All Saints)." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF4711158672] notes: "Parish church. Late C12, early C13, early C15, C18, restored 1875-92. [...] C15 octagonal font on C19 pedestal, bowl with cusped panels containing shields with emblems of the Passion."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 312366 5887601
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.1048, 0.197
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 6′ 17.28″ N, 0° 11′ 49.2″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 778