Bourgneuf-de-Loury

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25024BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne église Notre-Dame du Bourgneuf [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: ancient chapel became parochial in the 17thC; enlarged early-18thC; sold in the Revolution, then demolished; only ruins remain
Church Address: Rue de Bourgneuf, 45470 Loury, France [NB: coordinates given are for Loury]
Site Location: Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The site ["lieu-dit"] for Bourgneuf-de-Loury is off (E) the D8 -- the hamlet disappeared in 1825; only some vestiges of the church and churchyard ruins remain
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the old chapel at Bourgneuf-de-Loury -- both the font and the church have disappeared]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 431732 5316874