Knighton nr. Leicester / Cnitetone

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Scene Description: now much damaged

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source capton: "St Mary Magdalen Church, Knighton, Leicester: The plain circular old 13th century medieval font of St Mary's Church is the oldest object in the church."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13165KNI

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene with St. Guthlac

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene with St. Guthlac

Church Location: Church Lane, Knighton, Leicester LE2 3WS

Country Name: England

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located in the SE outskirts of Leicester, on the A563 [ring-road], nr. Oadby and the A6

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester

Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle

Century and Period: 13th century, Early English

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for this Knighton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6001/knighton/] [accessed 3 September 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor priest in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The Victoria County History (Leicester, vol. 4, 1958) notes: "Ecclesiastically, Knighton was separated from the parish of St. Margaret, Leicester in 1878, (fn. 53) to which it had apparently been attached since before 1086. [...] The present church [...] contains no fabric earlier than the 13th century when it probably consisted simply of chancel and nave [...] the font, although badly damaged, probably dates from the 13th century and is decorated with narrow beading at top and bottom.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.605733, -1.116041

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 20.64″ N, 1° 6′ 57.75″ W

UTM: 30U 627576 5830080

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and raised finial; appears modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-09-03 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818