Trowell

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15463TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Helen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave.
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helen%27s_Church,_Trowell
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located between Nottingham and Ilkeston
Font Notes:
Noted in Moule (1837): "the ancient font is worthy of the observation of the antiquary". Described in Cox (1912): "Large octagonal font, late 14th cent., has quatrefoil in each panel, an embattled edge, and also quatrefoils round base." Guilford (1927.) dates to the 14th century. In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Octagonal, C15, with quatrefoils and battlements." Described and illustrated in the Parish web pages [http://www.trowellchurch.com/history-trowell-don.php] [accessed 13 October 2009]: "The font is a large 14th century octagonal font with a quatrefoil in each panel, an embattled edge and also quatrefoils around the base." The font is located at the west end of the nave.

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. 12, 223 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 198
  • Moule, Thomas, The English counties delineated; or, A topographical description of England [...], London: George Virtue, 1837 [vol. 2], vol. 2: 242
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 358