Barnby-in-the-Willows

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B01: symbol - shield - in a quatrefoil - 8

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 15424BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located just E of Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font has small shields in quatrefoils" and dates it to the 14th century. Noted in Guilford (1927) as Decorated. Described in the Tim Carter's Church Guide (2002) [http://www.barnby-in-the-willows.org.uk/] [accessed 1 October 2009]: "At the western end of the nave is the octagonal font, with carved shields in the panels, which echoes the octagonal pillars of the nave Norman arches. The font dates from the 14th century." Noted in Pevsner & Williamson (1979)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979