Syerston

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15508SYE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26473545
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near East Stoke, 10 om SW of Newark-on-Trent
Font Notes:
Described in Bailey (1900): "The font is ascribed to the fifteenth century, and is remarkable as having what appears to be a kneeling-stone for the officiating minister at baptisms." Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal Dec[orated] font has good tracery on shaft, and well-moulded base." Noted in Guilford (1927) as 15th-century font. Pevsner & Williamson (1979) described it as "octagonal, with some tracery", but do not date it.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Bailey, A.W., "Summer excursion 1900: Syerston church", 4 (1900), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1900
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 212 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 Oct 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 195