Attenborough

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15421ATT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century [basin only] -- 15th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Attenborough
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Now part of Broxtowe and a suburb of Nottingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Additional Comments: altered font / composite font
Font Notes:
Reported in Standish (1906): "On entering the church, we notice first the fairly large font, lined with lead, and belonging to the Decorated period. It is octagonal in shape and has panel-like arcading work on the sides. It now stands on a moulding of the Perpendicular period, originally, perhaps, the base of a pillar." Described in Cox (1912) with early-14th century date. Listed in Guilford as Decorated. Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Plain C13 with nothing but blank pointed arcades on the eight panels."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 26 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 50
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 60
  • Standish, J., revd., "Attenborough Church (part 1)", 10 (1906), Transactions of the Thoroton Society