Laceby

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16627LAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Margaret,_Laceby
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A46, just outside Grimsby [Coordinates: 53° 32′ 27.6″ N, 0° 10′ 4.8″ W 53.541, -0.168]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: altered font: 'remodelled' ca, 1870 / re-cut
Font Notes:
The Builder (issue of 4 June 1870: 454) reports the re-opening of the newly restored church of St. Margaret, and informs that "the old octagonal font is remodelled".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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