Cresnay / Cresnays / Les Cresnays
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03386CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de Notre-Dame de Cresnay [demolished]
Font Location in Church: in the graveyard of the demolished church of Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: two churches (St-Pierre + Notre-Dame) in two hamlets with corresponding names; Notre-Dame demolished and materilas re-used to enlarge St-Martin
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for Saint-Pierre] Le Bourg, 50370 Les Cresnays, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D79, just SE of Brécey, 18 km E of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disused / disappeared font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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An octagonal font from the demolished church of Notre-Dame de Cresnay is reported in Le Héricher (1845) as still visible in the old churchyard: "On y voit encore [...] une cuve baptismale octogone". Vivier-Seguin (1941) just mention that this font had been noted earlier by Le Héricher [cf. supra].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 638096 5398032
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.720006, -1.122418
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 43′ 12.02″ N, 1° 7′ 20.71″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Le Héricher, Avranchin monumental et historique, Avranches: [s.n.], 1845, t. 1: 262
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 95 and footnote 99