Ashingdon / Assandun

INFORMATION

FontID: 06151ASH
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NNW of Rochford, 21 SE of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with concave faces and moulded under-edge, plain stem and moulded base, early 16th-century." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as the basin of an early baptismal font "with concave sides and octagonal in plan", "plain and massive in appearance". [NB: a church here is said to have existed since the time of Canute (995? - 1035) and a church is recorded here in the 14th century, but we have no information on an earlier font here]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928