Sywell / Sywelle
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view of church exterior - east view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 November 2005 by R Neil Marshman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SywellChurch.JPG] [accessed 30 May 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14581SYW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: Church Lane, Sywell, Northamptonshire NN6 0AZ
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near Mears Ashby
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Hamfordshoe
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S entranceway [rescued from the churchyard [cf. FontNotes]]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Northampton, vol. 4, 1937) notes: "The south doorway is [...] 12th-century, but was probably re-erected in its present position on the widening of the aisle. [...] The font and pulpit are modern, but the bowl and stem of a plain octagonal font are in the churchyard." The village web site [www.northantsvillages.org.uk/sywell/History.htm] [accessed 5 May 2009] informs the old font was later moved into the church: "It is thought that the font nearest the south door, which was rescued from the churchyard is of medieval design". There is no mention of either font in Pevsner & Cherry (1973)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 650742 5796641
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-05-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.