Apethorpe
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Standing permission
Results: 1 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 18th-century font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 October 2005 by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14358APE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 7 km N of Oundle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Click to view
The Domesday Survey of 1086 reports a priest in this locality. A late font is noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "C18 baluster with small marble bowl" [NB: the present church dates from the Perpendicular period, and replaced an earlier church, but we have no information on the early font(s)]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for her photograph of this modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 670194 5825119
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.5495, -0.4898
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 32′ 58.2″ N, 0° 29′ 23.28″ W
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, p. 83