Bolsover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 15807BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Laurence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A632, E of Chesterfield
Font Notes:
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Cox (1875) writes: "The font at the west end of the church is interesting from the admixture of styles. Round the summit, which is of circular shape, runs a cable moulding, that taken alone would point to the Norman period; but lower down it assumes an octagon shape, each of the sides bearing a fleur-de-lis in relief, except the one facing due east, which bears a shield charged with a Latin cross. The font itself, independently of the base, is two feet three inches high, and two feet six inches in diameter at the top." Noted also in Kelly's Directory of 1891.
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877
- Kelly, Directory of the counties of Derbs, Notts, Leicester and Rutland, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1891, p. 277