Whittington nr. Chesterfield / Old Whittington

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15806WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew [pulled down in 1863]
Font Location in Church: moved to the new church after 1863
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26380672
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B6052, 4 km N of Chesterfield
Additional Comments: moved font / re-cycled font / re-used font
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1875): "The old church of St. Bartholomew at Whittington was pulled down in the year 1863, and the present one erected within a few yards of the original site […] The old font […] is preserved in the new church, and from it we may gather that there was a church here before the Norman style had departed. The diameter is two feet, and the stone of which the font itself is composed, is nineteen inches high. Together with the base, its total height is about three feet. It is ornamented round the upper margin with an escalloped moulding." Noted in Kelly's Directory of 1891 as octagonal.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Basin Total Height: 47.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in feet/inches in Cox (1875) -- diameter not specified whether external or internal]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of the counties of Derby, Notts., Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891, p. 234