Hassingham / Hasingeham / Hasingham / Hastingham
Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken December 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hassingham/hassingham.htm] [accessed 8 August 2013]
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
![the black-lettering inscription seen in this 1940 photograph was lost in the fire that destroyed much of the interior of the church in 1971 [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130809011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the black-lettering inscription seen in this 1940 photograph was lost in the fire that destroyed much of the interior of the church in 1971 [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph taken 4 May 1940 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/H/Hassingham St Mary's church Norman S door [3394] 1940-05-04.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 4 May 1940 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/H/Hassingham St Mary's church Norman S door [3394] 1940-05-04.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of church exterior - south porch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 4 May 1940 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/H/Hassingham St Mary's church Norman tower [6900] 1992-08-07.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 4 May 1940 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/H/Hassingham St Mary's church south side [3391] 1940-05-04.jpg] [accessed 8 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of font and cover in context
![the modern font and cover in the context of the church interior restored after the 1971 fire [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130809013_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font and cover in the context of the church interior restored after the 1971 fire [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken December 2007 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hassingham/hassingham.htm] [accessed 8 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05298HAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [destroyed]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: round-tower church
Church Address: Church Road, Hassingham , Norfolk, NR13 4HH
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 15 km ESE of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of Blofield
Additional Comments: disappeared font / destroyed font : probably "melted down by the vicar and churchwardens [...] 'because it was unshapely'" (Bond: 77) MUST USE
Font Notes:
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The Domesday entry for "Hasingeham" mentions neither church nor cleric in this place. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church of Hasingham is a rectory [...] Dedicated to St. Mary. Rectors. In 1319, Adam Haghenne was instituted, presented by Maud, late wife of Sym. de Rattlesden." A font here is listed in Andre (1882) as a lead baptismal font of the Norman period [NB: Andre uses spelling 'Hasingham']. This lead font is also listed in Lethaby (1893) as Norman, probably after Andre. Andre (1899) writes: "I had been led to expect a third specimen at Hasingham, but was disappointed to find that it had been replaced by a stone one of common-place design." Reported in Bond (1908) as a former lead font, probably "melted down by the vicar and churchwardens [...] 'because it was unshapely'". Pevsner & Wilson (1997) report that a fire destroyed most of the interior of this church in 1971, so all present furnishings are of that time. The modern font of octagonal design and a modern cover of wood openwork would probably date from the same time.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photographs of this church taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1940 and 1992 -- and to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk] for his photographs of church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 398159 5828350
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.595619, 1.496448
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 35′ 44.23″ N, 1° 29′ 47.21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
REFERENCES
- André, J. Lewis, "Leaden Fonts in Sussex", 32, Surrey Archaeological Collections, relating to the history and antiquities of the county, 1882
- André, J. Lewis, "Notes on Ritualistic Ecclesiology in North-East Norfolk", XLVI, Archaeological Journal, 1889, pp. 136-155; p. 146
- Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 7: 233-235 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78342] [accessed 8 August 2013]
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 77
- Lethaby, William Richard, Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English [...] with illustrations, London; New York: Macmillan & co., 1893, p. 62
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997, p. 542