Clarborough
INFORMATION
FontID: 15435CLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century?, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Cox (1912) notes: "Octagonal font, early Perp[endicular]; cardinal panels quatrefoiled." Noted in Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Font. Octagonal. Perp[endicular] or Victorian?" [NB: was it re-tooled at the 1870s restoration of the church?]
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979