Cossington nr. Leicester / Cosintone
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/cossington-church-all-saints/] [accessed 30 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/cossington-church-all-saints/] [accessed 30 July 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/cossington-church-all-saints/] [accessed 30 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John E Vigar, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2015 by John E Vigar [wwww.flickriver.com/photos/41621108@N00/18166763406/] [accessed 30 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13144COS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 52 Main Street, Cossington, Leicestershire LE7 4UW
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located just S of Sileby, 8 km N of Leicester, sandwiched between the A6 and the A46
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church
There is an entry for this Cossington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6013/cossington/] [accessed 30 July 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: SK6036413664] (1966) reports: "Round font, possibly C13/C14, with C17 restored cover." Noted Christopher Jones' Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/cossington-church-all-saints/] [accessed 30 July 2015] notes: "The font dates from the 13th century and is located on what is one of the original stone piers most of which were removed in the 12th century when the north arcade was raised."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.71723,
-1.10772
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 43′ 2.03″ N,
1° 6′ 27.79″ W
UTM: 30U 627814 5842495
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century? [restored]
Material:
wood,
oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: pyramidal octagonal with carved side panels and knob (?) finial; restored
REFERENCES
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818
