Wyberton

INFORMATION

FontID: 12857WYB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leodegar
Church Patron Saints: St. Leodegar [aka Leodegarius]
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 4 km S of Boston
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) as one of two fonts now in this church: "The first consists of the bowl only, octagonal and very weathered." [NB: is thgis perhaps the original font from the Early-English church?] [cf. Index entry for Norwich No. 19 for the font originally from Norwich St. Margaret's, later moved to Wyberton]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989