Thorley nr. Bishops Stortford No. 2 / Thorleia / Torlei

INFORMATION

FontID: 08786THO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James the Great
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: Church Lane, Thorley, Hertfordshire CM23 4BE
Country Name: England
Location: Hertfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Thorley is adjacent to Bishops Stortford on the SW, off the A1184
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Braughing [aka Brauging] -- formerly Essex
Font Location in Church: Located near the W door
Century and Period: 15th century?, Perpendicular
There are two entries for this Thorley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL4719/thorley/] [accessed 26 October 2016], one of which mentions a priest but not a church in it, though there probably was one there. Cox & Harvey (1907) note a 15th-century holy-water stoup located by the west door of this church. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911). The position is also noted in Tompkins (1922).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.84892, 0.14161
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 50′ 56.11″ N, 0° 8′ 29.8″ E
UTM: 31U 303129 5748098

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office by J. Truscott, 1911
Tompkins, Herbert Winckworth, Hertfordshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1922