Brooksby / Brochesbi

Image copyright © Bill Haddon, 2014

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Results: 3 records

view of church exterior - southwest end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2015

Image Source: digital photograh taken 29 April 2015 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4462726] [accessed 28 July 2015]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior in context - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mat Fascione, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 March 2009 by Mat Fascione [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1229595] [accessed 28 July 2015]

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bill Haddon, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2014 by Billl Haddon in Brooksby Church [www.brooksbychurch.co.uk/brooksby-church-history/] [accessed 28 July 2015]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 19955BRO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Brooksby, Leicestershire, LE14 2LH
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A607, SSW of Asfordby, SW of Melton Mowbray, 15 km NE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
There are two entries for Brooksby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6716/brooksby/] [accessed 28 July 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The present font consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides and a chamfered underbowl, raised on a plain octagonal pedestal and a splaying lower base, also octagonal and plain. Wooden cover, octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.737481, -1.008071
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 44′ 14.93″ N, 1° 0′ 29.06″ W
UTM: 30U 634481 5844929

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]