Badby
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14366BAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [base only] [composite font?], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the S aisle
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17542956
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font / missing basin
Font Notes:
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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"]
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