Carburton / Car Burton / Carberton / Carbertone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15432CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1100?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Giles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Giles_Church,_Carburton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B6034, S of Worksop
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Notes:
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; [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1914/summer/carburton.htm] [accessed 2 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39