Ossington

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15522OSS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Rood
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross
Church Address: Holy Rood, Ossington, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6LH
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 12 km N of Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) notes: "Font has silver-gilt bowl." The 'Official Listing Description' entry for this church in the Southwell Churches website [http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/ossington/hlisting.php] [accessed 9 December 2009] notes: "Fittings include […a] C19 font with round alabaster stem on octagonal base, carrying octagonal bowl with quatrefoil panels." No font is mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979). [NB: the present church is a complete re-building of the original medieval building, of which documentary evidence dates to 1144, but we have no information on its font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 642626 5894174
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.177778, -0.865833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 10′ 40″ N, 0° 51′ 57″ W

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 159 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 19 October 2009]