Waltham All Saints

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Results: 5 records
angel - cherub - 8
angel - holding shield - coat of arms or emblem - 8
design element - motifs - floral - flower
view of church exterior - southeast view
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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
INFORMATION
FontID: 12811WAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: High St / Church Ln, Waltham, Grimsby DN37 0PN, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1472 822172
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off road B1219, W of the A16, 6 km SW of Grimsby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diobese of Lincoln
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view 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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.51659,
-0.0985
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 30′ 59.72″ N,
0° 5′ 54.6″ W
UTM: 30U 692365 5933657
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