Lincoln No. 6 / Lincolia
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21917LIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [demolished 1545]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: The demolished church of St. John Baptist stood near the North Gate, near the present day Bishop Grosseteste University
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The demolished church of St. John Baptist stood near the North Gate, near the present day Bishop Grosseteste University
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Lawress
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_England
Font Notes:
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There are thirteen entries for Lincoln [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9771/lincoln/] [accessed 16 December 2018]; one of the entries reports a church in it; another, two churches; a third, two churches; a total of five churches in the twelve entries. [NB: we have no information on the font of the church here demolished in mid-16thC]