Isley Walton

INFORMATION

FontID: 13154ISL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on A453, just S of Castle Donington and E of Melbourne
Font Location in Church: [cfr. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Illustrated in Nichols (1808). Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Gillies Shields (2006), in The United Benefice of Breedon and Worthington web site [www.benefice.org.uk] [accessed 30 September 2007] writes: "According to NICHOLS (History and Antiquities of Leicester 1808) the arms of the Bowyers company were displayed in the church but have since disappeared together with the original Octagon Font also illustrated in his account. The present font is Georgian and described by Sir Nikolaus Pausner [sic] in "The buildings of England - Leicestershire and Rutland 1960" as of "A baluster shape with a stone lid like a soup tureen"."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
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