tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2422521037869733528..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Langton by Spilsby, LincolnshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-18869967209796588562015-09-11T11:10:44.061+01:002015-09-11T11:10:44.061+01:00Oddly enough, I just recently read about a towerin...Oddly enough, I just recently read about a towering mediaeval font cover that was discarded during an 1858 restoration at Shaugh Prior in Devon. It was left in a cattle barn for many years until found, restored and reinstated in the 11th century church there. It makes me wonder how many treasures have been lost in this way, especially as the farmer's wife apparently suggested several times that the 'rotten old thing' should be burnt!<br />This one at Langton by Spilsby is lovely. I really like it's no-nonsense design and agree that it sits very well in the later church. :)Eileen Wrighthttp://www.pastremains.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-22358726218322811542015-09-01T06:46:46.165+01:002015-09-01T06:46:46.165+01:00I love the notion of continuity that this suggests...I love the notion of continuity that this suggests. So many churches were built on the site of, possibly several, former churches and even pre-Christian pagan places of worship before that!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fabulous Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-29417861882766002362015-08-31T16:03:33.917+01:002015-08-31T16:03:33.917+01:00At Welham church in Leicestershire, the plain octa...At Welham church in Leicestershire, the plain octagonal font was restored to the church in the Nineteenth Century after it was found as being used as a basin for the village pump.Stephen Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076287980465633357noreply@blogger.com