South Muskham

INFORMATION

FontID: 15520MUS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid

Church Patron Saints: St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]

Country Name: England

Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 4 km N of Newark-on-Trent

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century / 17th century, Norman? / Restoration?

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Cox (1912): "Octagonal font, 40 in. high, 30 in. in diameter; flat cover I7th cent." Pevsner & Williamson (1979) note: "Octagonal, either Norman much pulled about or, more likely, a C17 imitation of Norman."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Cox (1912)]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century?

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979