Laneham

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15486LAN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Country Name: England

Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 6 km N of Fledborough, 13 km E of Retford, 21 km W of Lincoln

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the church, next to a pillar of the arcade that separates the nave from the aisle

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Cox (1912) and in Guilford (1927) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Pevsner & Williamson (1979): "Norman, with tall arcades." The tub-shaped font has a moulding at the upper rim, and a blind arcade of round arches around its sides; stands on a circular lower base and a round plinth, the latter (and perhaps the former) modern. The wooden cover is an octagonal pyramid with a Latin cross finial; appears modern, probably 19th-century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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

Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979