Caunton

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15434CAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Caunton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A616, 10 km NW of Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Additional Comments: disused font / restored font
Font Notes:
Noted in Guilford (1927) and in Pevsner & Williamson (1979) as a baptismal font of the 13th century. Beeson (2004) refers to Reynolds Hole's "graphic account of church life at Caunton during the late 1830s", which notes: "The font, which was never used for baptism, was filled with coffin ropes, brimstone matches and candle ends."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Beeson, Trevor, The Deans, London: SCM Press, 2004, p. 112
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 70
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 95