Skeffington / Scifatone
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrew Tatlow, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 June 2006 by Andrew Tatlow [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/181086] [accessed 1 August 2014]
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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/skeffington-st-thomas-a-becket/] [accessed 24 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Leicestershire Villages, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph in [www.leicestershirevillages.com/skeffington/pictures-taken-of-the-inside-of.html] [accessed 1 August 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13149SKE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Thomas a Becket
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Church Location: Main Street, Skeffington, Leicestershire LE7 9YB
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A47, 16 km ESE of Leicester (dir. Peterborough)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Skeffington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK7402/skeffington/] [accessed 24 August 2015]; it mentions a priest, but not a church in it, through there probably was one here . Nichols (1795- ) reports an octagonal font here. Upcott (1818) lists an illustration of the font in this church: "lxv. Monuments, Font, and Piscina in Skeffington Church." English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK7414302632] (1966) reports: "Church. Parts of fabric are late C13, but it was almost entirely rebuilt in 1860, adopting the style of the original building, late Decorated and Perpendicular. [...] Victorian font: octagonal bowl and base, with emblems of evangelists on the panels, and ornate wood pyramidal cover."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.615227, -0.907002
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 54.82″ N, 0° 54′ 25.21″ W
UTM: 30U 641699 5831526
REFERENCES
Nichols, John, History and antiquities of the town and County of Leicester, London: John Nichols & Son, 1795-1811
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818