Elston / Elston Church

INFORMATION

FontID: 15472ELS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Country Name: England

Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 10 km SSW of Newark, 32 km from Nottingham

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font is unusually small, diameter only 20 in.; marks of staple and hinge of original cover denote its age ; probably I4th cent." Cox (1912) notes also an "ancient disused chapel", with a Norman doorway; this church has a font as well, which Cox (ibid.) describes as: "a small example of modern pedestal contrivance" [no separate entry in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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