Costock / Cortlingstock

INFORMATION

FontID: 15443COS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 14 km S of Nottingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Noted in Cox (1912): "Plain octagonal font is 14th cent., but base is modern." The Cockstok Village web site [http://www.costockvillage.com/local_area.htm] [accessed 2 October 2009] notes: "The font bowl, which stands on a much more modern pedestal, is 14th century and the cover was made from an old chest for it bears half the names of the churchwardens." Neither font nor cover mentioned In Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912