Harby nr. Lincoln

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15477HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Harby
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near North Clinton; closest town is Lincoln (Lincs.) across the county border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
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, p. 104 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]