Cresnay / Cresnays / Les Cresnays

INFORMATION

FontID: 03386CRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de Notre-Dame de Cresnay [demolished]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for Saint-Pierre] Le Bourg, 50370 Les Cresnays, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D79, just SE of Brécey, 18 km E of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: in the graveyard of the demolished church of Notre-Dame
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
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.720006, -1.122418
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 43′ 12.02″ N, 1° 7′ 20.71″ W
UTM: 30U 638096 5398032

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
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941