Mickleover nr. Derby

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15518MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km W of the Derby city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Additional Comments: discarded font / disused font / re-cycled font: a flower planter in the garden of a nearby cottage
Font Notes:
Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1881: "the ancient font, discarded and placed in a cottage garden near the churchyard, is an octagonal basin of Decorated work, now serving as a floware vase".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, London: Kelly & Co., 1881, p. 1100