Guilsborough / Guildesburgh

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B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - Christ blessing the children

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 14462GUI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Etheldreda
Church Patron Saints: St. Etheldreda [earlier dedicated to St. Wilfred?]
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Daventry
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Pretty (1849) reports that only the tower remains of the Early English original church, and notes a font inside: "The font is modern, of an octagonal shape, and highly creditable to the industry and talents of an amateur,-- Grimes, Esq. On one side is the subject of Christ's address, 'Suffer little children, and forbid them not.'" The same font is described in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Font of terracotta, Perp[endicular]. Dated 1823. According to Wetton's Guide, by Grimes, 'an amateur'. BB)" [NB: the Guide referred to in Pevsner & Cherry is Pretty's of 1849]. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973
Pretty, Edward, Wetton's guide-book to Northampton, and its vecinity; with an historical and descriptive account of the twon and neighbourhood, Northampton; London: Printed and published by G. N. Wetton; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849