Washingborough

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Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2013

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view of font

Source caption: "Re-cut 12th century drum font in the church of St. John the Evangelist"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Re-cut 12th century drum font in the church of St. John the Evangelist"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 5 January 2013 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3286738] [accessed 3 August 2021]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

the arcade, the details in the spandrels and the lower row of intersecting round arch-heads are propably a later re-carving of the original Norman basin [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the arcade, the details in the spandrels and the lower row of intersecting round arch-heads are propably a later re-carving of the original Norman basin [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 5 January 2013 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3286738] [accessed 3 August 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of church exterior in context - south view

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Len Williams, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 21 June 2013 by Len Williams [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3530996] [accessed 3 August 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "St John the Evangelist church, Washingborough [...] Dates from 13th Century onwards and restored in 1859 by Sir G. Gilbert Scott and also in 1881 by Scott and Goddard. West tower and clock to east. Diamond shaped clerestory windows and a 12th C Font [...]"
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John the Evangelist church, Washingborough [...] Dates from 13th Century onwards and restored in 1859 by Sir G. Gilbert Scott and also in 1881 by Scott and Goddard. West tower and clock to east. Diamond shaped clerestory windows and a 12th C Font [...]"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2012 by J.Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3008329] [accessed 3 August 2021]
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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "St. John's nave. Early 13th century arcades and tower arch with the arms of George III above in the church of St. John the Evangelist" -- the font is located at the far [west] end, left [south] aisle, partly visible through the arcade
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. John's nave. Early 13th century arcades and tower arch with the arms of George III above in the church of St. John the Evangelist" -- the font is located at the far [west] end, left [south] aisle, partly visible through the arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 5 January 2013 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3286163] [accessed 3 August 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Interior, St John the Evangelist church, Washingborough"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior, St John the Evangelist church, Washingborough"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julian P Guffogg, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2014 by Julian P. Guffogg [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4198890] [accessed 3 August 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12816WAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1170?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?) [re-carved / re-tooled], Norman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Address: High St, Washingborough, Lincoln LN4 1AZ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1522 825920
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B1190 [aka Main Rd], 5 km NE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Langoe
Additional Comments: altered font (re-carved / re-tooled [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
Washingborough appears as a settlement in the Hundred of Langoe in the Domesday survey without an individual entry [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0170/washingborough/] [accessed 3 August 2021]. Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Drum-shaped, Norman, but much re-tooled. Blank arches on colonnettes and bits of leaf in the spandrels." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0185270632] notes: "Parish church. C13, C14, C15. Restored 1859 by Sir G G Scott and 1861-2 by Scott and Goddard [...] C12 drum-shaped stone font, much re-tooled."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 668352 5899991
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.222505, -0.478205
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 13' 21.02" N, 0° 28' 41.54" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lining

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989, p. 783