Little Chesterford

INFORMATION

FontID: 06707CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located near Great Chesterford, NW of Saffron Walden
Font Location in Church: the Perpendicular font is located inside the church, at the W end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 12th century / 15th century, Norman? / Perpendicular?
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Noted, however, in the Royal Commission of Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) as "plain, octagonal with moulded base, 15th-century." [NB: we are unable to explain C&H's listing of a Norman font in this church; the present font is octagonal and plain, with a moulded base, and appears to be of the Perpendicular period]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923