Kelham

INFORMATION

FontID: 15710KEL
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 on the A617, 3 km NW of Newark on Trent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1660?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Baylay (1913) notes: "The font is, I believe, like nearly all in this neighbourhood, of Charles II. Date [i.e., 1660-1685]. The registers date only from 1670." Pevsner & Williamson (1979) seem reluctant to accept the late date: "Simple large bowl, jus with roll mouldings top and bottom, yet said to be after 1660."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Baylay, Atwell M.Y., "Kelham", 17 (1913), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1913
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979