Scredington / Scredinctun / Scredintune
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Andrew's, Scredington, Lincs. Externally a rebuild of 1869 but with medieval work inside, notably a Decorated three-bay north arcade."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2006
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 7 June 2006 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/182783] [accessed 5 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JThomas, 2012
Image Source: di9gital photograph taken 27 Apruil 2012 by JThomas [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2924286] [accessed 5 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Andrew's font has an octagonal base - possibly fifteenth century - but the circular bowl is more recent and decidedly plain."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken in June 2017, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 5 January 2018]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 21941SCR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Church Ln, Scredington, Sleaford NG34 0AG, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 2 km off (E) the A15 and Aswarby, 6 km SE of Sleaford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aswardhurn
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ken Redmore, Website Editor, the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, for the photograph of the font in this church
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Scredington in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0940/scredington/] [accessed 7 January 2019] one of which reports a priest and a church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0960140403] notes: "Parish church. C15 and 1869. [...] Fittings are C19 including the plain circular tapering tub font." [NB: it is possible the plinth of the font is the original, but the font itself is modern].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.9502, -0.369
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 57′ 0.72″ N, 0° 22′ 8.4″ W
UTM: 30U 676753 5869971