Belton / Belton nr. Shepshead
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Results: 2 records
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Heaton, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2012 by Tim Heaton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2894263] [accessed 11 June 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font
Scene Description: the basin may be either modern or totally restored
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © SMacB, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2017 (?) by SMacB [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMV3PP_Baptism_Font_St_John_the_Baptist_Belton_Leicestershire] [accessed 1 October 2018]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 13151BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 2 Church Street, Belton, Leicestershire, LE12 9UH, UK -- Tel.: 01509 678966
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the B5324, 4 km WNW of Shepshed, 10 km WNW of Loughborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of West Goscote
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval? / Modern?
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this Belton in the Domesday survey. A baptismal font in this church is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). [NB: a plan of this church in 1852-1853 [by Joseph Mitchell?] appears to show the [a?] font in the west end of the centre aisle [source: www.churchplansonline.org/show_full_image.asp?resource_id=04458a.tif] [accessed 29 September 2007]. English Heritage [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-358057-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-belton-lei] [accessed 11 June 2014] notes: "bowl-shaped font on octagonal base, either C19-C20 or very heavily restored".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.782029, -1.337239
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 46′ 55.3″ N, 1° 20′ 14.06″ W
UTM: 30U 612145 5849320
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818