Ravensthorpe

INFORMATION

FontID: 14528RAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Denys [or St.Dionysius?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 13 km NE of Daventry, between Northampton and Rugby
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
Parker (1849) writes: "The font is cylindrical and plain, the supports are not original." [NB: Parker (1849) and Pevsner & Cherry (1973) give the dedication of the church as St. Dionysius, but the Church of England web site [www.achurchnearyou.com/ravensthorpe-st-denys/] [accessed 29 April 2009] has St. Denys

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Parker, John Henry, Architectural notices of the churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon, London; Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1849