Averham
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15422AVE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church in 1917
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just W of Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Notes:
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Cox (1912) writes: "Octagonal font so small (2 ft. 9 in. high, and 1 ft. 1 and 1/4 in. in diameter) that it probably originally served as holy-water stoup; traces of cover on rim, but font covers were ordered in 17th cent." Reported in Bayley (1913): "The font is small, and I believe it to be of the time of Charles II." [i.e., 1660-]. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979). [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the earlier font(s)]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 40.6 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in feet/inches in Cox (1912)]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Baylay, Atwell M.Y., "Averham", 17 (1913), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1913
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 27 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]