Sturton-le-Steeple / Stretone / Sturton le Steeple
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view of basin and cover - west side
Scene Description: the basin is medieval but the font cover and the base are modern
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Founded around 1180, the south arcade was rebuilt in the 13th C. and other parts in the 14th C. The upper stage of the tower and 12 pinnacles were added in the 15th C. The church was restored in 1870 by Ewan Christian, but in 1901 there was a fire and the 15th C. rood screen was destroyed. The church was restored by Fowler. All the pre 1901 stained glass was replaced."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2015
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 October 2015 by Jules&Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/22381811267] [accessed 11 March 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15507STU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: 4-30 Leverton Rd, Sturton-le-Retford, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km E of Retford, in the N of the county, nr the Lincolnshire county border [West Burton church was demolished in the late 19th or early 20th century]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Historical Region: Hundred of Oswaldbeck
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: 12thC church; burned down 1901; re-built 1902
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Sturton [-le-Steeple] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK7883/sturton-le-steeple/] [accessed 11 March 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Cox (1912) reports: "Norm[an] font came from disused church of West Barton" [i.e., West Burton]. Guilford (1927) notes a Norman font in this church, originally from West Burton. He mentions that a fire destroyed Sturton's church, with the exception of the tower [was Sturton's font destroyed in that fire?] [NB: West Burton was an abandoned village by the end of the 19th century; the church was demolished at about the same time as the 1901 fire in Sturton]. No font mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979), who note that the church at West Burton was demolished in 1885, the likely date of the transfer of the font to Sturton-le-Steeple. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK7879983871] notes: "Parish church. C12, C13, C14, C15. Restored 1870 by Ewan Christian. Burnt down 1901 and rebuilt by Hodgson Fowler, 1901- 02. [...] Plain tub font with chamfered rim on C20 chamfered round base and stem."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.34525, -0.819328
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 20′ 42.9″ N, 0° 49′ 9.58″ W
UTM: 30U 645166 5912895
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979