Napton-on-the-Hill / Eptone / Napton / Neptone

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 October 2008 by Walwyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/] [accessed 29 March 2009]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2009

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 October 2008 by Walwyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/] [accessed 29 March 2009]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the back

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view of font in context

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 October 2008 by Walwyn [http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/] [accessed 29 March 2009]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14378NAP
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: School Hill, Napton On The Hill, Warwickshire CV47 8NP
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A425, 5 km E of Southam, 11 km W of Daventry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Warwick
Historical Region: Hundred of Marton [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Knightlow
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Walwyn, of Midland Churches [http://professor-moriarty.com/moriarties/midland_churches], for his photographs of this church and font
There are three entries for Napton[-on-the-Hill] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SP4661/napton-on-the-hill/] [accessed 5 February 2015], one of which, in the lordship of Robert d'Oilly, and tenancy of the Count of Meulan in 1086, mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "There was a priest at Napton in 1086 [...] The church was built in the 12th century and probably consisted of chancel, north and south transepts, nave, and west tower. It was rebuilt in the 13th century, when the aisles were added, and at a later date, probably in the 17th century, a vestry and porch were built. The tower has been completely rebuilt within recent times, re-using some of the 12thcentury materials, and a clearstory has been inserted. [...] The font, placed in the centre of the nave opposite the south door is modern, with an octagonal basin and shaft." The present baptismal font in this church consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides and moulded underbowl chamfer, raised on an octagonal pedestal and a moulded lower base. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.247041, -1.323266
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 14′ 49.35″ N, 1° 19′ 23.76″ W
UTM: 30U 614470 5789840

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-02-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.