Hassingham / Hasingeham / Hasingham / Hastingham

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view of church exterior - north view

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 porch

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 portal

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]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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]

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 view

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]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font and cover in the context of the church interior restored after the 1971 fire [cf. FontNotes]

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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INFORMATION

FontID: 05298HAS

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Church Road, Hassingham , Norfolk, NR13 4HH

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 15 km ESE of Norwich

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Blofield

Font Location in Church: [destroyed]

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font

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

Church Notes: round-tower church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.595619, 1.496448

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 35′ 44.23″ N, 1° 29′ 47.21″ E

UTM: 31U 398159 5828350

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; r["References"]

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908

Lethaby, William Richard, Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English [...] with illustrations, London; New York: Macmillan & co., 1893

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997