South Collingham

INFORMATION

FontID: 15440COL
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 on the A1133, 10 km from Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church in 1905
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Noted in Blagg's visit of 1905: "There is an Early English font on a column of clustered shafts, with a water-mould at the base." In Cox (1912): "Octagonal font on group of shafts, 31 in. high, 29 in. in diameter, E[arly] E[nglish]." In Guilford (1927) as 13th-century. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 72.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

REFERENCES

Blagg, T.M., "Second excursion: North Collingham", 9 (1905), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1905
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927