Lea nr. Gainsborough / Ley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14150LEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen, Lea
Font Location in Church: [destroyed]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17532621
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Address: 15 Church View, Lea, Gainsborough DN21 5EG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1427 839933
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A156, 3 km S of Gainsborough
Additional Comments: destroyed font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
The Gentleman's Magazine (issue of September 1826: 209) contains a letter to the editor dated 6 September and related to the Church of St. Helen, Lea or Ley, near Gainsborough: "The old font was very handsome, but it fell to pieces when it was taken down, and by the unskilfulness of the workmen, could not be restored; its place is now supplied by one very inferior." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8307886678] reports a 20th-century font in this medieval church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone