Langford nr. Biggleswade / Langeford

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 July 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1384182] [accessed 2 May 2012]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 14314LAN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Church Street, Langford, Bedfordshire, SG18 9QE
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located on the A6001, 5-6 km S of Biggleswade [NB: not to be mistaken with Langford, Norfk, also with a church dedicated to St. Andrew]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Biggleswade
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the arcade that separates the nave from the S aisle
Date: ca. 1320?
Century and Period: 14th century [restored], Decorated [altered]
Noted in the Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2, 1908): "The nave, aisles, and tower all belong to a rebuilding begun about 1320, while the chancel, which leans considerably to the south in plan, and has very thick walls, is evidently of earlier date, though remodelled in the fifteenth century [...] The font appears to be of the fourteenth century, but has been cleaned in modern times; it has a square bowl on an octagonal central shaft and four round angle shafts with moulded capitals and bases, and is set on a modern plinth." The church interior plan in the VCH entry (ibid.) shows the font located in the west end, behind the last pillar of the arcade that separates the nave from the south aisle.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0584, -0.2719
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 3′ 30.24″ N, 0° 16′ 18.84″ W
UTM: 30U 687025 5771046

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-03-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.