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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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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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13165KNI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene with St. Guthlac
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene with St. Guthlac
Church Address: Church Lane, Knighton, Leicester LE2 3WS
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: damaged font (the present one [cf. FontNotes]) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here?)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 627576 5830080
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.605733, -1.116041
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 36′ 20.64″ N, 1° 6′ 57.75″ W
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-. 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, [vol. IV, part I, p. 527 and pl. xxxv-xxxvi / [http://books.google.com/books?id=gLwuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=upcott+1818&source=web&ots=lJwT-K00zU&sig=oVT6Kc6G03vqjYf4Synuk_Aek9w#PPP15,M1] [accessed 30 September 2007]