Clarborough

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15435CLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century?, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist_Church,_Clarborough
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Notes:
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, p. 58 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 97