Long Clawson / Clachestone / Long Claxton

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view of font and cover in context

Source caption; "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. 14th/15th century Perpendicular font with decorative panels."
Scene Description: Source caption; "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. 14th/15th century Perpendicular font with decorative panels."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448631] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 8

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448631] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 8

at the angles of the underbowl
Scene Description: at the angles of the underbowl
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448631] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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view of church exterior - south porch - detail

Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. Mould stop on the south porch doorway. The style is Romanesque, suggesting re-use from an older building."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. Mould stop on the south porch doorway. The style is Romanesque, suggesting re-use from an older building."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448622] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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view of church exterior - south porch

Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. The south porch, with its 4-centred doorway of the 15th century. Note the older corbels [...] used as mould stops."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. The south porch, with its 4-centred doorway of the 15th century. Note the older corbels [...] used as mould stops."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448619] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. The church seen from the north. This part of the churchyard has been cleared of headstones which have been placed along the eastern and northern perimeters. The vestry alongside the chancel is a 19th century addition. The north porch has been closed off to provide toilet facilities."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. The church seen from the north. This part of the churchyard has been cleared of headstones which have been placed along the eastern and northern perimeters. The vestry alongside the chancel is a 19th century addition. The north porch has been closed off to provide toilet facilities."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448617] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. Interior looking east with the north aisle arcade and central crossing arches of late 14/early 15th century date."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of St Remigius, Long Clawson. Interior looking east with the north aisle arcade and central crossing arches of late 14/early 15th century date."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448628] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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design element - patterns - tracery - window tracery

made up of several sizes of pointed windows; on the sides of the stem
Scene Description: made up of several sizes of pointed windows; on the sides of the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448631] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding

damaged now but probably round originally
Scene Description: damaged now but probably round originally
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4448631] [accessed 23 September 2020]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13128CLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Remigius
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Address: Church Ln, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray LE14 4ND, UK -- Tel.: +44 1664 822698
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A606, about 11 km NW of Melton Mowbray
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Framland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the font from the original Norman church?)
Font Notes:
There are four entries for [Long] Clawson [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK7227/long-clawson/] [accessed 23 September 2020] none of which mentions priest or church in it. Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818) as an "Octagular Font". The font is probably 14th-century, the date of the second church. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7221827188] notes: "Church. C14 and C15 with earlier origins. Chancel and transepts largely rebuilt and church extensively restored 1893. [...] Octagonal font with blank tracery to stem, shields in quatrefoils to bowl and leaf carvings to angles of underside of bowl." [NB: the original church is said to have been Norman, but we have no information on the original font of that church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 639501 5856140
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.8374, -0.9294
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 50' 14" N, 0° 55' 45" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; knob handle/finial

REFERENCES

  • Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, p. 494 and pl. xx, fig. 2 / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 23 September 2007]