Barkby
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B01: symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidentified - 4?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: drawing by Mr. Flower, in The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: drawing by Mr. Flower, in The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13142BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Barkby
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A46, 7-8 km NNE of Leicester
Additional Comments: damaged font / abandoned font / disused font / disappeared font
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The editor of The Gentleman's Magazine (July-Dec. 1841) provides an illustration that "is copied from a drawing by Mr. Flower, of Leicester, of an ancient Font, which was a few years ago used as a water-trough in a field near Barkby, in Leicestershire. It is now removed, and we have not been able to ascertain what has become of it; but as a relic which scaped the notice of Mr. Nichols [sic] in his History of Leicesterhsire, we have thought it deserving of commemoration. We should be glad to receive some account of the armorial shields." The illustration shows a stone basin of octagonal shape, with charged shields on alternate sides, the others with carved abutting motifs resembling upturned blank shields; the basin has damage to the upper rim and a hole drilled into one of the shield sides, below the actual shield; the context is, as indicated in the text above, a farm.
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MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818, [vol. III, part I, p. 508 and pl. vi / [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 26 September 2007]
- [The Editor], "[Font at Barkby]", XVI (New Series), July-December, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1841, pp. 354 and pl. between pp. 352-353; p. 354 and pl. between pp. 352-353 / http://books.google.com/books?id=qW8WPajL7GIC&pg=RA7-PA354&lpg=RA7-PA354&dq=barkby+church+font+leicestershire&source=web&ots=ZoH_xc095i&sig=uA8w_NGtKkcWexwmfX_QmqvZplU#PPA1,M1 [accessed 26 September 2007]