Carburton / Car Burton / Carberton / Carbertone

INFORMATION

FontID: 15432CAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B6034, S of Worksop
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1100?
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Described in Gill (1914): "The plain, bucket-shaped font, mounted on a circular base, has been described as 'Saxon' work, but I can find no justification for the statement. The bowl is lead lined, and has an outlet at the base: the internal dimensions are 23in. diameter, l0in, deep. The size and shape of the font, and the general character of the work is almost identical with other early Norman fonts in the district, and I have no hesitation in fixing the date, circa 1100, i.e. contemporary with the doorway, the "loop’s windows, and the stuccoed walls." Listed in Guilford (1927) as a Norman font. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Diameter (inside rim): 57.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [given in inches in Gill (1914) as "internal dimensions"]

REFERENCES

Gill, Harry, "Summer excursion 1914: Carburton church", 18 (1914), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1914, pp. 15-19; r["References"]
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927