Egmanton
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thoroton Society, 1902
Image Source: Image source: B&W photograph in Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 6 (1902) [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1902/autumn/egmanton.htm] [accessed 14 October 2009]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14469EGM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1075-1100?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Egmanton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2 km N of Laxton
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in 'Autumn excursion', Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 6 (1902): "The south door is of very plain Norman character […] Immediately inside is a good specimen of an old oak poor-box, beyond which is a stone font of a tapering cone shape, quite without ornament, corresponding in date to the doorway, adjudged to be not later than 1075-1100. Of this font a good illustration is given from a photograph, taken at the time by Mr. L. Flore. The door and font are the sole remains of the Norman church." In Cox (1912): "Plain Norm[an] font, cone shape." Noted in Guilford (1927) as a Norman font "hich cannot have been made much later than 1100". The basin is plain and round slightly tapering to a two-volume lower base; on a modern plinth. The font stands next to a pillar at the west end of the nave, near the entrance.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 82 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]
- Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 84
- Thoroton Society, "Autumn Excursion (1902)", 6 (1902), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1902