Oadby / Oladebi / Oldebi / Onderby / Outheby
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view of font and cover
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15299197847/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
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view of church exterior - south view
![EXT S digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15298249730/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
INT E digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15315618339/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
FONT digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15299197847/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150929011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: EXT S digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15298249730/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
INT E digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15315618339/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
FONT digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15299197847/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15298249730/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
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view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15315618339/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
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design element - architectural - niche or window - trefoiled - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15299197847/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Aidan McRae Thomson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2014 by Aidan McRae Thomson [www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/15299197847/in/photostream/] [accessed 13 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13167OAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Wigston Road, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 5QE
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A6, 8 km SE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester [formerly in the Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
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There are three entries for Oadby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6200/oadby/] [accessed 13 July 2015], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. A font here is noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). The entry for Oadby in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK6237000384] (1987) notes: " Font probably C14, round basin with deeply moulded rim is supported on a base with trefoiled panels.?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Aidan McRae Thomson for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 630288 5829369
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.5987, -1.0763
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 35′ 55.32″ N, 1° 4′ 34.68″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat octagonal base; low-dome with crocketed arrises and turned finial
REFERENCES
- 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. xlvi / [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]