Withern / Widerne

Results: 2 records

design element - architectural - window - Gothic - tracery - 8

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Old Church at Withern. Now a private house"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2011 by J.Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2516326] [accessed 8 November 2019]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 12845WIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret [redundant and closed in 1980; a private dwelling in 2011]
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Main Rd, Withern, Alford LN13 0NB, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A157-B1373 crossroads, 8 km NNW of Alford, 10 km SE of Louth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Calcewath
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
There are three entries dor Withern [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF4282/withern/] [accessed 7 November 2019] one of which reports a priest and a church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. An important piece, vanvalized by the church authorities, who had it converted into a sundial and placed in the churchyard. It should be restored and placed under cover before it is too late. It is C14, octagonal, and a pattern-book of window designs, mostly Dec[orated], but also one Perp[endicular]." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF4246782173] notes; "Parish church, now closed. C15, 1812 rebuilding, 1875 restoration. [...] Fittings removed apart from C19 west gallery and facetted pulpit." [NB: removed... where to?]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.317438, 0.137429

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989