Woodnewton
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14401WOO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A605, 18 km W of Peterborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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).
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]