Stanford-on-Soar

Described in Baker (1910) who quotes from "a description of the church as it stood in 1887" : "The font of stone, 17th century, remarkably small, with no drain, on a circular step, painted to imitate marble, stood to the east of the tower arch". This same source quotes also an extract from the church register which informs of the re-opening of this churchon 2 July 1882 after renovations, but further and major renovation is reported as commenced in 1893, at which time, "The old font—mean and impractical—was broken up to prevent its ever being used for a flower-pot in the rectory garden, and was buried in the churchyard. The new font— very stately in design, but rather spoiled by the material of which it is made—stands exactly in the same spot as its predecessor." There is a photographic record of the 17th-century font in the context of the interior prior to the renovation [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/s12/hhistory.html] [accessed 13 April 2009], as well as another of the "spoiled" new font, in shocking pink marble [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/s12/hfitting.html] [accessed 13 April 2009].