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Low Toynton
 
Low Toynton, St Peter
Low Toynton, St Peter
Low Toynton, St Peter

This small church was built of greenstone in 1811.

It was made redundant in 1973 and for some years was used as a store, but by the turn of the century was abandoned and overgrown.

Peter Kirk Collection, 2002

Low Toynton, St Peter
Low Toynton, St Peter, Font (Pictured in Clixby Church)
Low Toynton, St Peter, Font (Pictured in Clixby Church)
Low Toynton, St Peter, Font (Pictured in Clixby Church)

Low Toynton's font can now be found in the Church of All Hallows, Clixby.

"Font is C15 and imported from the church at Low Toynton (Lincs.). Octagonal in shape with in arcades round the stem figures of saints. The bowl also octagonal, and in the square side panels are angels, a Tudor rose, other flowers and pairs of figures"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359798

The entry in White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 for Low Toynton states :-

"The Church (St. Peter) was rebuilt in 1811, and has a very curiously sculptured font"

DB 19 May 2019 

Low Toynton, Saint Peter, Church, Font, Clixby