Badby

INFORMATION

FontID: 14366BAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 15th century [base only] [composite font?], Late Medieval
Font Notes:
Descibed in the Parish web site [http://www.theknightleyparishes.co.uk/badby.htm] [accessed 24 March 2009]: "font pedestal is 15th century; top stone bowl fitted in 1881" [NB: the Daventry Express issue of 6 November 2008 [http://www.daventrytoday.co.uk/village-news-badby/Badby.4666936.jp] [accessed 24 March 2009] informs: "CHANGES INSIDE CHURCH. Plans are on display in St Mary's Church until Christmas showing proposed changes to the back of the church. They feature a stepless entrance, raised flooring, slope to existing floor level, moving the font and provision of chairs instead of some pews"]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone