South Ockendon / Wokenduna

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06704OCK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century / 19th century, Perpendicular? / Modern?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: round-tower church
Church Address: The Green, South Ockendon, Essex, RM156SH
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B186, just E of the M25, about 5 km NE of the Dartford Crossing
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Chafford
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the 15th century, the Perpendicular period [NB: C&H appear to indicate that it was engraved by Paley; Paley's book does not contain an entry for this font]. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 7, 1978) notes: "There was a church at South Ockendon by the reign of William I" [i.e., 1066+], and the present church has remains of the 12th century, but the font and most other furnishings are identified as belonging to the 1866 renovation of this church.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 312381 5711199

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 198, 199