Ravensthorpe
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14528RAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Denys [or St.Dionysius?]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17557465
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km NE of Daventry, between Northampton and Rugby
Additional Comments: disappeared font?: after Parker?
Font Notes:
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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, p. 282