Bole

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15428BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Bole
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near the Lincolnshire county border, 3 km SW of Gainsborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Cox (1912): "Octagonal Norm[an] font, 35 in. high and 33 in. in diameter, has double arcading round bowl." Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Norman, with arcades and intersecting arches." The large basin stands on a shorth pedestal base and lower base, both octagonal and plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 82.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 87.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 12, 41, and ill. opp. p. 42 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 Oct 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 80