Wyberton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12857WYB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leodegar
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526121
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leodegar [aka Leodegarius]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km S of Boston
Additional Comments: damaged font: weathered; missing base?
Font Notes:
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, p. 816