Oxton No. 3

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15499OXT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1660?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?) [restored], Restoration [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter_%26_St_Paul%27s_Church,_Oxton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km N of Lowdham
Additional Comments: damaged font: "decayed condition" / restored font
Font Notes:
Baylay (1908) includes a description by the Rev. W. Laycock that makes reference to two baptismal fonts in this church [NB: cf. Index entry for Coxton Nos.1 and 2 for the medieval fonts]: "The present font is of the Charles II. pattern and period. From its decayed condition, as described in 1842, one can realize this statement to be correct." An article in The Mansfield Reporter of August 1912 notes the baptismal fonts in this church: "Of these Oxton possesses three, two having been recovered in recent years through the energy of the present Vicar" [cf. Index entry for Oxton No. 1 and 2 for the earlier fonts of this church]. "The third font is a Restoration one, and similar to many others put in when Charles II. came to the throne. It is octagonal, and stands on an octagonal stem. The top of the basin is ornamented with an ogee mould, and the base of the stem finished with a plain chamfer. It is not in its original condition, but has been restored." Noted in Cox (1912). No font mentioned for this church in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • "Oxton and its church", August 1912, The Mansfield Reporter, 1912
  • Baylay, Atwell M.Y., "Summer excursion 1908: Oxton and its church", 12 (1908), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1908
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 160 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 19 October 2009]