Hayton nr. Retford

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15480HAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (late?) [re-tooled], Decorated [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Hayton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Additional Comments: altered font / re-tooled font
Font Notes:
Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font, panels carved foliage; octagonal arcaded shaft, late Dec[orated]." In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Font. C14, octagonal, with large leaves in the panels, completely re-tooled."

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. 110 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 142