Lincheux / Lincheux-Hallivillers

INFORMATION

Font ID: 24171HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 16thC church?; present church 19thC re-building
Church Address: rue du Haut, Lincheux, 80640 Hornoy-le-Bourg, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D901 [aka Route de Paris], in the municipality of Hornoy-le-Bourg, about 30 km W of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Amiennois / Picardie
Font Notes:
Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80003933] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM80003933] [accessed 5 August 2022]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve octogonale sur fût [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 106". [NB: the Palissy listing [cf. supra] gives the church as Saint-Jean-Baptiste]
[NB: the 19thC church of Hallivilliers is dedicated to Saint-Jean-Baptiste]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM80003933]