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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14401WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17557794
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A605, 18 km W of Peterborough
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with chamfered top and bottom, otherwise plain; on an octagonal stem and lower base of the same shape, both chamfered and plain. Quadrangular plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Cherry (1973).
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for the photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]