Carsington / Carsyngton

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13575CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Margaret%27s_Church,_Carsington
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 4 km W of Wirksworth, 14 km N of Belper
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (from the ca. 1100 church/chapel here?)
Font Notes:
Noted in Bagshaw (1846): "The church […] rebuilt in 1648, it contains an ancient font." White's Directory of 1857 describes the font also as ancient. Cox (1875-1877) notes that Carsington was a parochial chapel of the mother church of Wirksworth ca. 1100, and is documented as parochial in the 1281 Taxation Role of Pope Nicholas IV. Cox (ibid.) further notes: "Inside the church is a good octagon font standing three feet high, and two feet in diamter at the top. The chamfered angles at the base are carved into four small heads. The mouldings prove this to be of fourteenth century work." Kelly's Directory of 1891 states: "The octagonal font is of early date". The Derbyshiredales diistrict report on 'Listed Buildings in the Parish of Carsington' [www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/49AC15C5-1131-42B5-8F4A-EFB90DC8B55B/0/Carsington.pdf] [accessed 1 July 2008], notes : "Stone font with octagonal raised and fielded cover with finial". The Derbyshire Family History Society page [www.dfhs.org.uk/index.php?id=carsnotes] [accessed 1 July 2008] states that the font was made in the 14th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in ft/in in Cox (1875-1877)]

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. 360
  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891, [cited in www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/carsington.htm] [accessed 1 July 2008]