Lyndon / Linden / Lindon / Lindune

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animal - mammal - quadruped?
design element - motifs - wave
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of font - upper view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16755LYN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin of Tours
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Church Road, Lyndon, Rutland, LE15 8TU
Country Name: England
Location: Rutland, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A6003, just S of the Rutland Water, WSW of Edith Weston
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Martinsley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry found for Lyndon in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Rutland, vol. 2, 1935) notes: "The building underwent a very extensive restoration in 1866 [...] and few original architectural features remain [...] The font is a relic of a 12th-century church, recovered at the restoration [...] was found buried in the churchyard in 1866. It is of 12th-century date, in the form of a capital, square at the top and circular below, the angles and each face of the upper part somewhat rudely carved with scrolled undulating and other ornament, and animals of archaic character on two of the sides. The bowl rests on modern supports. A discarded 18th-century baluster font is now in the churchyard."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.6307,
-0.6643
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 37′ 50.52″ N,
0° 39′ 51.48″ W
UTM: 30U 658072 5833751
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-07-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.