Boughton / Boketon / Borchetone / Buchenho / Buchedone / Buchetone / Buckton / Buketone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14368BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Old Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: remains of the old church are just N of the Green -- the new church is at: Church Street, Boughton, NN2 8SJ, Boughton, Northamptonshire, NN2 8SJ
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km N of Northampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Spelhoe
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) informs: "The ruins of the old church of St. John stand to the north-east of Boughton Green on a site which falls from west to east. The building consisted of chancel, north chapel, nave, and west tower with spire and was of 14th-century date […] The chapel of St. John the Baptist, now the parish church […] The font, pulpit, […] and all the fittings are modern" [NB: we have no information on the font of the old church in ruins]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 643289 5793146

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.