Lincoln No. 8 / Lincolia

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22096LIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Benedictine Priory Church of St. Mary Magdalene [aka La Maudeleyne without Lincoln]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: [cf. Directions Geo]
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared priory is usually located by the ruin of Monks' Abbey, now the site of the Lincoln Arboretum, between the B1308 [aka Monks Rd] to the N, and Winn St to the S, in the SE reaches of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lincoln]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC priory church here)
Font Notes:
There are thirteen entries for Lincoln [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK9771/lincoln/] [accessed 6 May 2019], five of which report a church in them. The entry for this Benedictine priory in the Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes that it "was probably founded some time during the reign of Henry II [i.e., 1154-1189] [...] as a cell of St. Mary's Abbey at York; it was suppressed at the time of the Dissolution. There is a ruin in the location, known as Monks' Abbey, but nothing remains of the priory church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 665540 5900716
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.2299, -0.5199
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 13′ 47.64″ N, 0° 31′ 11.64″ W