Tealby / Tauelebi / Tauelesbi / Tavelesbi
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Results: 4 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the composite font [cf. FontNotes] and its modern cover
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Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2025 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - detail
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view of church interior
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Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2025 by Colin Smith
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 26095JPE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?) [basin only], composite font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: 6 Caistor Ln, Tealby, Market Rasen LN8 3XW, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1673 842759
Site Location: Lincolnshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1203, about 6 km E of Market Rasen, 35-40 km NE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Additional Comments: composite font (12thC on a 19thC base)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tealby
Font Notes:
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There are six entries for Tealby in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF1590/tealby/] [accessed 30 January 2026], none of which mentions priest of church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF1571290898] reports a "Parish curch, C12, C13, early C14, C15, C16, chancel re-modelled by James Fowler in 1872, tower restored 1881-1884 [...] C12 octagonal stone font with C19 base."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 682079 5920514
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.402247, -0.261047
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 24′ 8.09″ N, 0° 15′ 39.77″ W