Horncastle / Hornecastre
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Results: 6 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern (19thC) font
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Image Source: digital photogeph 1 April 2025 by Colin Smirh
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photogeph 1 April 2025 by Colin Smirh
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2025
Image Source: digital photogeph 1 April 2025 by Colin Smirh
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author
view of church interior - detail
view of church interior - detail
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26094HST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Horncastle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: early-13thC church; much modified 15th, 17th and 19thC
Site Location: Lincolnshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A158, 27 km E of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the early-13thC church here)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horncastle
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Horncastle [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2569/horncastle/] [accessed 30 January 2026] but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The present font in this church is modern, probably 19th-century. We have no information on the font of the medieval church here.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 692525 5899308
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.20817, -0.116998
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 12′ 29.41″ N, 0° 7′ 1.19″ W