West Bridgford
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15468BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Giles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Giles_Church,_West_Bridgford
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Now a southern suburb of Nottingham
Font Notes:
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Noted in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font a plain example of late 14th cent." Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).
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. 46 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]