Cottam No. 2 / Cotune / Cotvne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15447COT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font / hexagonal font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Overcoat Lane, Cottam, Nottinghamshire DN22 0EZ
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [disappeared village] Located 13 km E of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Historical Region: Hundred of Bassettlaw
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Cottam [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK8179/cottam/] [accessed 20 July 2014], but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. The CRSBI (2008) reports "a very fine crisply carved limestone hexagonal heraldic font, probably early 15thc." in this church. [cf. Index entry for Cottam No. 1 for a possible Norman font in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 664665 5994341
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.070914, -0.483407
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 4′ 15.29″ N, 0° 29′ 0.26″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.