Sookholme

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15493SOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?) [on a modern lower base] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, on the N side of the W entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located SE of Warsop, N of Mansfield
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sookholme
Font Notes:
Described in Walkerdine & Buxton (1907): "The original font of bucket shape remains. It is devoid of carving, and stands on a new stem and step to the north of the west door." Noted in Cox (1912): "Plain font on new base is […] Norman." Described in Guilford (1927) as a bucket-shaped Norman font. The Parish Church web page [http://stpeterandstpaulwarsop.co.uk/index.php?main_page=page&id=8] [accessed 17 October 2009] notes: "The bucket shaped font, which stands north of the west door, also belongs to the Norman period. The marks of the irons that originally fastened on to the cover are still visible", and dates the church to the later half of the 12th century. Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 188 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 Oct 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 173
  • Walkerdine, H., Old churches of the Mansfield deanery, 1907, [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/mansfieldchurches/sookholme.htm] [accessed 17 October 2009]