Plumtree

INFORMATION

FontID: 15523PLU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located between Tollerton and Keyworth, SE of Nottingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1870s?
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Noted in Cox (1912) as a new font. Described in the Southwell Churches website [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/plumtree/hhistory.php] [accessed 9 December 2009]: "The font (new) is of white Mansfield stone, its cover is of oak." [NB: the font is probably a replacement introduced in the 1870s' renovation of the church; the church tower, re-built in the early 20th-century, is said to be originally Norman built on Anglo-Saxon foundations, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. No font mentioned for this church in Pevsner & Williamson (1979).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, white Mansfield stone

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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