Waltham All Saints

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of All Saints Church, Waltham. The baptismal font."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3295018] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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angel - holding shield - coat of arms or emblem - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3295018] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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design element - motifs - floral - flower

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004
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angel - cherub - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3295018] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints' church, Waltham"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J.Hannan-Briggs, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 17 January 2015 by J.Hannan-Briggs [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4313627] [accessed 2 June 2024]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12811WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: High St / Church Ln, Waltham, Grimsby DN37 0PN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1472 822172
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off road B1219, W of the A16, 6 km SW of Grimsby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diobese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: altered?: is the base a 19thC replacement?
Font Notes:
Described in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, ornate. On the bowl angels holding shields; also some big flowers. Against the underside busts of angels." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TA2615103910] notes: "Parish church. Late C13 - early C14 tower, south aisle, arcades and chancel. Restorations of 1867 and 1874 [...] Fine C14-C15 Perpendicular font has ornate octagonal bowl with carved flowers and angels holding shields, on later shaft with trefoiled panels and moulded base." [NB: is the base a 19th-century replacement?]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 692365 5933657
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.51659, -0.0985
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 30′ 59.72″ N, 0° 5′ 54.6″ 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 handle; modern

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 782