Bridgend in Horbling / Bridge End

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22141BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Priory Church of St. Saviour
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Address: Horbling, Sleaford, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The site of the disappeared priory is located off (S) the B1177, S of the A52, 10-12 km SE of Sleaford
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Aveland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late 12thC church here]
Font Notes:
The entry for this priory in the Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes\: "The Gilbertine priory of St. Saviour, Bridgend, was founded in or before 1199 by Godwin the Rich of Lincoln [...] At Bridgend he gave the chapel of St. Saviour and certain lands and tenements for the maintenance of a house for canons [...] In or before February, 1445, a serious fire devastated the church and monastic buildings [...] At the dissolution the house had become a cell of Sempringham, and was surrendered as part of the possessions of that priory on 18 September, 1538". According to Historic England PastScape [www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=350845&sort=4&search=all&criteria=Horbling&rational=q&recordsperpage=10] [accessed 8 May 2019], a "Priory Farm" was built in the 17th century just north of the site of the former priory using stones from it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 681492 5865770
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.9109, -0.3009
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 54′ 39.24″ N, 0° 18′ 3.24″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.