Saxby / Sassebi

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view of font

Source caption: "Interior of the Church of St Helen, Saxby. An unusually small font, in my experience. Apley, St Andrew, being another."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of the Church of St Helen, Saxby. An unusually small font, in my experience. Apley, St Andrew, being another."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Davi Hitchborne, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 May 2004 by Dave Hitchborne [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1625237] [accessed 21 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "The church was built for the Earls of Scarbrough in 1775, probably by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. It was restored in 1869. It is in the form of a small classical temple with a nave and apse. There is a western bellcote and portico with Tuscan columns. The church is built in redbrick and ashlar with a lead roof."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church was built for the Earls of Scarbrough in 1775, probably by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. It was restored in 1869. It is in the form of a small classical temple with a nave and apse. There is a western bellcote and portico with Tuscan columns. The church is built in redbrick and ashlar with a lead roof."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2017 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/34986538246] [accessed 21 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0

view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Inside there are 18th century pews, a pulpit and reader's desk, and several wall plaques to the Earls of Scarbrough."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Inside there are 18th century pews, a pulpit and reader's desk, and several wall plaques to the Earls of Scarbrough."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jules & Jenny, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 May 2017 by Jules & Jenny [www.flickr.com/photos/78914786@N06/34986538246] [accessed 21 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22253SAX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Modern, Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Helen [now parochial]
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the E end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Notes: church built 1775
Church Address: Church Ln, Saxby, Brigg DN20 0QE, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1204, (E) the A15, 14 km N of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aslacoe
Font Notes:
The are two entries for this Saxby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0086/saxby/] [accessed 21 July 2019], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0056486298] [accessed 21 July 2019] notes: "Former mortuary chapel now parish church. 1775"; no font mentioned. The basin is a marble (?) container looking like a flower pot; it has a row of tiny ball motifs around the bottom; the base is an octagonal wooden column.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 666884 5915551
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.3627, -0.492
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 21′ 45.72″ N, 0° 29′ 31.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round