Hocquigny
INFORMATION
FontID: 03362HOC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre d'Hocquigny
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Vge Duval, 50320 Hocquigny, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D35-D231 crossroads, 12-14 km N of Avranches in a area with many fonts listed in the Index.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: church 16th, 17th and 18thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
17th-century baptismal font noted in Vivier (1941).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.81326,
-1.40884
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 48′ 47.74″ N,
1° 24′ 31.82″ W
UTM: 30U 616814 5407918
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941