DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 5 I 



of them, though situated at considerable distances from one 

 another, is most noticeable. The font in question stands at 

 the west end of the nave, and is provided with a drain. The 

 base stone and shaft are modern. 



The scheme of ornament is that of an arcade of twenty 

 arches, forming a series of canopies over a similar number of 

 male figures clothed in long robes. In every case their right 

 hands are pressed to their hearts, while the left hands hold 

 a book. 



Both capitals and bases of the piers, which support the 

 arcade arches, are characteristic. In some cases — in fact, in 

 the majority — the inner edge of each arch has the remains of 

 a cable pattern along it, while in one or two cases there 

 appear to be remains of a little piece of foliage at the springing 

 point of the arcade arches. Below the feet of the figures is 

 a beautiful band of fleurs-de-lys of a character best described 

 by the illustration. The height is i ft. 2 in., while it varies 

 in diameter from 1 ft. 1 r in. to 2 ft. 



The following is a list of leaden fonts in England, though 

 by no means all are of Norman date. 



Leaden Fonts. 



Place. 



County. 



Childrey 



Berkshire. 



Clewer 



Do. 



' Long Wittenham - 



Do. 



Woolstone 



Do. 



Ashover 



Derbyshire. 



Wareham 



Dorsetshire. 



Frampton-on-Severn 



Gloucestershire. 



Lancaut* 



Do. 



Oxenhall 



Do. 



Sandhurst 



Do. 



Siston 



Do. 



Slimbridge 



Do. 



Tidenham 



Do. 



* Now at Stroud, in Sir Wm. Marling's Park. 



