Fledborough
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15474FLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gregory
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Gregory%27s_Church,_Fledborough
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gregory the Great
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km ENE of Tuxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Font Notes:
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Du Boulay Hill (1907) notes: "The font is a plain octagonal one. There is a water stoup inside the church by the south door". Cox (1912) has: "Octagonal font Dec[orated]. Holy-water stoup inside church S[outh] door." [NB: information probably taken from A. Du Boulay Hill, whom Cox quotes]
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. 94 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]
- Hill, A. Du Boulay, "Fledborough church", 11 (1907), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1907