Arnold / Emehale

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15420ARN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Now a NE suburb of Nottingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912) as a "new font and baptistery" of 1898. The Parish web site [http://stmarysarnold.org.uk/history.htm] [accessed 1 October 2009] reports and illustrates a replacement font installed in 1899; it has an octagonal basin with decorated sides and is raised on a central shaft and four outer marble collonettes; typically Victorian. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the medieval church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 625669 5874931
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.009167, -1.126944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 0′ 33″ N, 1° 7′ 37″ W

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 24 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]