Alkmonton / Alchementune
INFORMATION
Font ID: 13574ALK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. John [formerly a capel of ease to Longford]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26619644
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Longford, 9 km S of Ashbourn/Ashborne
Additional Comments: disused font / buried font / abandoned font / re-cycled font / restored font
Font Notes:
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A font in this locality is mentioned in Davies (1811): "There was formely a Chapel at Alkmonton, but the font is the only present remains of it." Reported in Bagshaw (1846): "An ancient font was removed from Cockshut Croft, in 1844, into the chapel yard; near the ppace from which it was taken is the appearance of extensive buildings." White's Directory of 1857 [http://www.n.f.wilson.btinternet.co.uk/201-224.htm] [accessed 1 July 2008] has: "An ancient font was removed from Cockshut Croft in 1844, into the church-yard, and after the church was consecrated it was placed in the church. Near the place from which it was taken, are the remains of an ancient building, supposed to have been a church, dedicated io St. Alkmund." Kelly's Directory of 1891 notes: "the circular Norman font, the sculptures upon which have been destroyed, was dug up in Cockshut Croft in the course of excavations on Alkmonton Old Hall farm in this parish."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Bagshaw, Samuel, History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon-Trent […], Sheffield: printed for the author by William Saxton […], 1846, p. 313 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GvoGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=burton+agnes+church+font&source=web&ots=ZOPjky5vOe&sig=FkGl68oIAcC9Redaolb3EIGE8fY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA3,M1] [accessed 1 July 2008]
- Davies, David Peter, A new historical and descriptive view of Derbyshire […], Belper: printed and published by and for S. Mason […], 1811, p. 410 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=zF4vAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA409&lpg=PA409&dq=alkmonton+church+font&source=web&ots=0Fm_OK41Fq&sig=0_4BrwhKkxiLt9uGECFNG2Inc0k&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPP9,M1] [accessed 1 July 2008]
- Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891, cited in [http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/alkmonton.htm] [accessed 1 July 2008]
- Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881, p. 897