Slawston / Slachestone / Slagestone / Slaweston / Slawestone

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/slawston-church-all-saints/] [accessed 17 August 2015]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/slawston-church-all-saints/] [accessed 17 August 2015]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/slawston-church-all-saints/] [accessed 17 August 2015]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: NéA

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/slawston-church-all-saints/] [accessed 17 August 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/slawston-church-all-saints/] [accessed 17 August 2015]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/slawston-church-all-saints/] [accessed 17 August 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19993SLA

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Blaston Road, Slawston, Leicestershire LE16 7UF

Country Name: England

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located WSW of Blaston, ENE of Market Harborough, 30 km SE of Leicester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester

Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are two entries for Slawston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7794/slawston/] [accessed 17 August 2015], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Leicestershire, vol. 5, 1964) notes: "Part of the tithes of Slawston were granted by Walter and his son Norman to Belvoir Priory before 1154–9. [...] The church [...] which stands isolated at the east end of the village, is built of ironstone and limestone and dates from the late 13th century. [...] The octagonal font which is of limestone is probably of the 14th century. It has a roll-moulded string at the base and another towards the top of its bowl."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.542764, -0.84982

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 32′ 33.95″ N, 0° 50′ 59.35″ W

UTM: 30U 645810 5823581

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood, oak

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and ring handle

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-08-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.