Harby nr. Lincoln

INFORMATION

FontID: 15477HAR
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 near North Clinton; closest town is Lincoln (Lincs.) across the county border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) writes: "The old font and a plain Norm[an] doorway opening into vestry are the only details contemporary with Queen Eleanor." [i.e., Queen Eleanor of Castile (Plantagenet), countess of Leicester and consort of Edward I -- died in 1290]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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