Rotherby / Redebi
Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/rotherby-church-all-saints-2/] [accessed 24 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/rotherby-church-all-saints-2/] [accessed 24 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/rotherby-church-all-saints-2/] [accessed 24 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20011ROT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Main Street, Rotherby, Leicestershire, LE14 2LP
Site Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A607, 9 km WSW of Melton Mowbray, 16 km NW of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester [formerly oin the Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Rotherby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6716/rotherby/] [accessed 24 August 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/rotherby-church-all-saints-2/] [accessed 24 August 2015] notes: "Nichol’s survey of the County carried out around the 1790’s mentions an ancient font [...] In John Thorsby’s book ‘Leicestershire View’ he states ‘The church has a very capacious old font almoft in the form of a tub’ [...] In 1882 the ancient font was replaced with one which had four supporting columns of Purbeck stone. The font bears the inscription, “Suffer little children to come unto me”. " The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK6751916536] (1968) notes: "Church. C14 and C15 with Norman or possibly Saxon origins. Restored by W Millican of Leicester, 1882", but mentions no font in it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 634903 5845515
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.742641, -1.001584
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 44′ 33.51″ N, 1° 0′ 5.7″ W