Potterspury / Pyrie / Potters Pyrie

Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular]. Panelled stem, bowl with shields and pointed quatrefoils." Noted in the town's web site [www.potterspury.org.uk/vh/st_nicholas_church.htm] [accessed 25 December 2008]: "The font dates from the 14th century but was rebuilt and placed in its present position in 1848, having previously been attached to a pillar." The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 5, 2002) notes: "There was a priest on Henry de Ferrers's manor at Potterspury in 1086. [...] The church stands on the northern side of the main part of the village. [...] the nave is separated from the north aisle by five arches, one of which contains a circular pillar with a Norman capital, perhaps of c. 1150; the others are Decorated [...] The font is octagonal and dates from the 14th century." The little squares inside the cusped quatrefoiled panels on the sides of the basin are now plain but they have been painted originally; the pedestal base is decorated with varied tracery patterns on the sides, and mouldings on the lower base.