The Corpus: Bilsthorpe 2

Volume 12: Nottinghamshire

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Current Display: Bilsthorpe 2, Nottinghamshire

Overview

Object type: Partly buried Romanesque font stone [1]

Measurements:

Stone type:

Plate numbers in printed volume: None

Corpus volume reference: Vol 12 p. 207

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National Grid Reference of Place of Discovery

SK 654602

Present Location

Evidence for Discovery

Church Dedication

St Margaret

Present Condition

Description

Discussion

Appendix B item (stones wrongly associated with pre-Conquest period).

Partly buried Romanesque font stone [1] supporting modern tub font at west end of nave. It is very comparable to that at Woodborough approximately eight miles to south west. See Chapter VI above (p. 72).

Date

References

Robertson 1910, 2; Stapleton 1911, 116; Cox 1912a, 36; Stapleton 1912, 4; Hill 1916a, 199; Guilford 1927, 58; Mee 1938, 34; Wood, A. 1947, 18; CRSBI entry: 'Fonts', illus. (consulted 14-2-2013)

Endnotes

[1] The following is an unpublished manuscript reference to Bilsthorpe 2: BL, Add MS 37552, ff. 172–4, illus. (J. Romilly Allen Collection).