Old nr. Kettering / Old St. Andrew / Olde / Owlde / Walda / Walde / Waud / Waude / Wauld / Welde / Wolde / Woold

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14505OLD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Old Church Lane / 3 Barnes Close, Old, Northamptonshire NN6 9QZ
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Daventry and Walgrave, 11 km SW of Kettering
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Orlingbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) notes: "About 1235 Robert de Hastings successfully brought an action against Jordan le Breton, William of All Saints and Christiane his wife, Walter St. Leger, William Maudit, and Walter de Eringwurth, who claimed the patronage of the church. [...] No part of the existing building is older than the latter part of the 13th century [...] The building was extensively restored in 1874–5 [...] The font is ancient, and has an octagonal panelled bowl with quatrefoils in circles and shields in the hollow member beneath, four blank and four with a fret, possibly for Audley." [NB: we have no information on the original font of the 13th-century church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 646498 5802590

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.