Sutton Bassett

INFORMATION

FontID: 14542SUT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints [annex to Weston-by-Welland St. Mary's]
Church Patron Saints: All Saints? / St. Mary?
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the B664, 5-6 km NE of Market Harborough
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
[NB: we have no information on the original font of the Norman church] [Pevsner & Cherry (1973) show the dedication of the old (Norman?) church to St. Mary; there is a Church of St. Mary at nearby Weston-by-Welland, to which Sutton Bassett's All Saints was an annex -- Lewis (1848) also uses St. Mary's dedication for Sutton Bassett's church]]

REFERENCES

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973