Kingsthorpe / Kyngesthorpe nr. Northampton / Thorp / Torp
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Ashwin, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2005 by Paul Ashwin [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/25813] [accessed 28 May 2012]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 14496NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1100?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: The Green, Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, NN2 6QD
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located to the N of Northampton, of which it is now part
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Spelhoe
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) notes: "The first church was an aisleless building of c. 1100 […] The font dates from 1863". [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 643354 5790922
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.