Elmdon nr. Buntingdord

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06709ELM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Essex CB11 4LT
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located just W of the M11, 3 km N -and accessible from- the B1039 (dir. Buntingford)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Uttlesford [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in one of the arches of the arcade that separates the nave from the S aisle, opposite the doorway
Century and Period: 14th century [base only] [composite font], Decorated ? [base only]
There is an entry for this Elmdon in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TL4639/elmdon/] [accessed 3 December 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period, but noted in the Royal Commission of Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) as "modern, except octagonal stop-chamfered base, c. 1400." The present font is indeed a composite object, with a plain octagonal basin raised on an octagonal-to-square base, and is located in one of the western arches of the arcade that separates the nave from the south aisle, near the south door. It is unlikely that the modern basin was a re-cut from an earlier font [error in Cox & Harvey?].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.442031, -1.763102
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 26′ 31.31″ N, 1° 45′ 47.17″ W
UTM: 30U 584073 5810923

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