North Ockendon
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
Scene Description: the south portal of the Norman (?) church
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern (Victorian?) font [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06711OCK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Church Lane, North Ockendon, Upminster, London, RM143QH
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the B186, just E of the M25, about 4 km N of South Ockendon, 30 km ENE of Charing Cross
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Chafford -- formerly in Essex
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 7, 1978) notes: "A church, attached to Westminster Abbey's manor of (North) Ockendon, existed by 1075, [...] The nave and chancel were built in the later 12th century but the south doorway is the only surviving feature of that date. [,,,] In 1840 the church was restored [...] During the 19th-century alterations [...] The font which dated from c. 1200 was replaced by another." The current font is octagonal with carved basin panels and tracery on the pedestal base; Victorian, probably, which would match the VCH dating for the replacement of the old font. [NB: were C&H incorrect in listing a ca.1200 font in this church in 1907? Were they -as it is likely- getting their information from another source? We have no information on the old font replaced in the 19thC alterations, nor fo we have any information on the font from the 1075 church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.542, 0.288
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 32′ 31.2″ N,, 0° 17′ 16.8″ E
UTM: 31U 311942 5713586
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-03-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907