Wingerworth No. 2 / Wingreurde

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15819WIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1660?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Longedge Lane Chesterfield S42 6PU, Wingerworth, Chesterfield S42 6PU, UK -- Tel.: +44 1246 297095
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A61 [aka Derby Rd], 5 km SW of Chesterfield, 25 km S of Sheffield
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Derby
Historical Region: Hundred of Scarsdale
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Wingerworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK3867/wingerworth/] [accessed 2 March 2018], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox (1875) writes: "The font at the west end of the church is of an octagon shape, and stands upo a pedestal. It is quite out of keeping with the rest of the church, and it must, from the very great similarity of execution, have been the work of the same chisel which supplied the neighbouring church of North Winfield with the one now in use. This one is undated, but that at North Winfield has inscribed upon it the year 1660." [cf. Index entry for Wingerworth No. 1 for the earlier font of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 604994 5895919
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.202211, -1.428086
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 12′ 7.96″ N, 1° 25′ 41.11″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, 1875-1877