Upton nr. Southwell / Upton-near-Southwell
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15509UPT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Reported in the churchyard ca. 1912
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul%27s_Church,_Upton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km E of Southwell
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Cox (1912) reports a new font in this church, as well as an "old font with octagonal shaft, Dec[orated] unhappily discarded in churchyard." Guilford (19127) reports an old font in the churchyard. There is no mention of any font in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 225 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 20 October 2009]
- Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 200