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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "St Lawrence, Waltham St Lawrence. The earliest part of the church date from C11, aisles were added in C12, the chancel in C13 and the tower in C14.The tower was heightened in C16. Restoration was carried out in 1847, 1888 and 1906."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Lawrence, Waltham St Lawrence. The earliest part of the church date from C11, aisles were added in C12, the chancel in C13 and the tower in C14.The tower was heightened in C16. Restoration was carried out in 1847, 1888 and 1906."
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06081WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Modern?
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Lawrence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Halls Lane, Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, RG10 0JG
Site Location: Berkshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B3024, 5-6 km S of Maidenhead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wargrave
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Norman church here)
Font Notes:
Keyser (1919) notes that "Of the Norman arches two arches on either side of the nave remain", the church having undergone two 19th-century renovations, and adds "The font is modern, a rather poor replica of the one at Shottesbrooke." The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 3, 1923) notes: "The oldest parts of the present building are the walls of the nave, which are only 2 ft. thick and may be remnants of an 11th-century church [...] The panelled and traceried octagonal font is of the 15th century," Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as "an octagonal font with typical Perpendicular panelling", "exceptional in retaining the early tub-like form with paneling of this period". [NB: we have no information on the earlier (Norman) font of this church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 652264 5706041
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.485, -0.807
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 29′ 6″ N, 0° 48′ 25.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Keyser, Charles E., "Notes on the churches of Ruscombe, Shottesbrooke, Waltham St. Lawrence and Hurst", 25, No.1 (July 1919), Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archaeological Journal, 1919, pp. 3-18; p. 52
  • Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 19, 100