London No. 23
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Results: 47 records
view of font and cover - north side
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the modern hexagonal sunken font
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - moulding
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - tomb
Scene Description: outside the west end of the church
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - west end - detail
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view of church exterior - west end
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the 20th-century sunken font and its cover
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the 20th-century sunken font and its cover
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the 20th-century sunken font and its cover
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view of church interior - west gallery
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - north aisle - looking east
Scene Description: also known as 'Nun's choir'
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view of church interior - tomb - detail
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - tomb - detail
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - tomb - detail
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - tomb - detail
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - tomb - detail
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - tomb - detail
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - tomb
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar; much damaged in the 1992/1993 IRA bombings; reconstructed
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - monument
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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast - detail
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view of church interior - nave - looking southeast
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view of church interior - nave - looking northeast
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the font and partial view of the west gallery
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view of church interior
Scene Description: with the font and cover seen from the south entrance
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view of church interior
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2005 by Evan A. Sparks [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_helens_bishopsgate.JPG] [accessed 12 July 2013]
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view of church interior - plan
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view of church interior - tomb
Scene Description: the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar in Cox' engraving of 1876
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view of church interior - monument
Scene Description: of John and Lady Spencer
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font cover
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information
Scene Description: Sir Julius Caesar (1557 or 1558 - 1636), son of Giulio Cesare Adelmare (an Italian physician to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, descended by the female line from the dukes of Cesarini) and his wife Margery Perient,
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09889LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2013-06-28
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Helen, Bishopgate, with St. Martin Outwich [aka Great St. Helen's]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena, with St. Martin
Church Notes: first recorded mention of this church from ca. 1161 -- church affected by 1992 and 1993 IRA bombings, with much damage to Sir Julius Caesar's monument, but font was not affected
Church Address: Great St Helen's, London EC3A 6AT, United Kingdom -- Phone:+44 20 7283 2231
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: In the City, between Bishopsgate and Leadenhall St.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of London
Historical Region: Bishopsgate
Additional Comments: here is the tomb of Sir Julius Caesar Adelmare
Font Notes:
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A rather unremarkable baptismal font of the mid-17th century. Baltch (1995), writing during the extensive reconstruction and repairs to the damage in the church, mentions that "a central font, permitting total immersion if required, has already been sunk into the floor", but no mention is made of the other font. This sunken font is actually 20th-century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 702475 5711113
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.5148, -0.0818
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 53.28″ N, 0° 4′ 54.48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 4-6 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 46 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 54-56 cm
Basin Total Height: 24 cm
Height of Base: 62 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 108 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal wooden cover; gilded
REFERENCES
- Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 86
- Cox, John Edmund, The Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876, p. 286ff