Shangton / Sanctone / Santone [Domesday] / Shankton

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font and cover are visible at the far end, centrail aisle

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13137SHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Shangton, Leicestershire LE8 0PP
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the B6047, 10 km N of Market Harborough, 16 km SE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Early Perpendicular?
There are three entries for Shangton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7196/shangton/] [accessed 24 August 2015], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) notes: "About 1220 the church at Shangton belonged to Lilleshull Priory (Salop.) [...] The rectory was valued at 1 mark in 1217 [...] The north wall of the nave still has a short length of a chamfered string course externally above the north door and is probably part of a 13th-century or earlier church. [...] The font probably dates from the late 14th century; it is octagonal, of grey limestone, and has a low moulded base. The wooden cover is Victorian and incorporates an early roof boss."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.557151, -0.946797
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 33′ 25.75″ N, 0° 56′ 48.47″ W
UTM: 30U 639189 5824990

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood, oak?
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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