Feering

INFORMATION

FontID: 08785FEE

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Country Name: England

Location: Essex, East

Directions to Site: Located just off (W) the A12, about 20 km NW of Chelmsford [51° 51′ 3.6″ N, 0° 43′ 4.8″ E 51.851, 0.718] [Diocese of Chelmsford]

Font Location in Church: By the N door

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Font Notes: Click to view

Wilson's Gazetteer of 1870-1872 reports an antique font in this church. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a fine 15th-century holy-water stoup located by the north door. [NB: we have not been able to corroborate either in more up-to-date sources]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872