Thorganby nr. Grimsby / Torgrebi / Torgrembi / Turgrebi

INFORMATION

FontID: 22411THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Swallow Rd, Thorganby, Grimsby DN37 0SU, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the B1203, 14 km NE of Market Rasen, about the same distance SE of Grimsby, in the Licolnshire Wolds
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Walscroft
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Thorganby [variant spellings] recording eight owners in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2097/thorganby/] [accessed 23 October 2019] one of which, in the tenancy of the Bishop of Durham in 1086 reports a church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2081397610] [accessed 23 October 2019] notes: "Parish Church. C13, mostly rebuilt c1900. [...] C13 octagonal stone font on rectangular plinth with nicked corners."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.4617, -0.181
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 27′ 42.12″ N, 0° 10′ 51.6″ W
UTM: 30U 687138 5927333

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal