Laughton nr. Leicester / Lachestone

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones, in Leicestershire & Rutland Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/laughton-church-st-luke/] [accessed 23 January 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the font in the photograph is the modern one

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones, in Leicestershire & Rutland Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/laughton-church-st-luke/] [accessed 23 January 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones, in Leicestershire & Rutland Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/laughton-church-st-luke/] [accessed 23 January 2013]

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes] -- [no images available yet of the original font]

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones, in Leicestershire & Rutland Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/laughton-church-st-luke/] [accessed 23 January 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13136LAU

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Luke

Church Patron Saints: St. Luke

Church Location: Main Street, Laughton, Leicestershire, LE17 6QE

Country Name: England

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A4304, just WSW of Gumley, 8 km W of Market Harborough, 20 km SSE of Leicester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester

Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: , Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire & Rutland Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk] for his photographs of this church and the modern font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Laughton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6689/laughton/] [accessed 17 August 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) notes: "Shortly before 1220 Saer de Quency, Earl of Winchester (d. 1219), was patron of the church of Laughton. [...] There are some features of the 13th century and later medieval date in spite of the extensive rebuilding which took place in the 18th and 19th centuries [...] In 1880 [...] the gallery was removed and new pewing introduced; the pulpit and font were also removed, and although a new font was installed in the same year the pulpit has never been replaced. Part of the old pewing and the original font could still be seen, at Killock Farm, in 1958, the former in the barn and the latter in the garden. By 1961 the old font was in the church, though not in use; it is octagonal with roll mouldings at each angle and rests on an inverted capital of the late 13th century, serving as a base. From: 'Laugn." The modern font is also octagonal with a moulded underbowl, raised on cluster columns and a moulded octagonal lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.495836, -1.030751

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 29′ 45.01″ N, 1° 1′ 50.71″ W

UTM: 30U 633685 5818012

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2007-09-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818