Belchamp Walter

Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)

Copyright Instructions: PD

design element - motifs - scroll - beaded-tape

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2010

Image Source: digital ohotograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font at the west end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2010

Image Source: digital ohotograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - north wall - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Wall paintings at St Mary's Church, Belchamp Walter"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeff Horne, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph 28 June 2006 by Jeff Horne [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1956813] [accessed 8 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923

Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeff Horne, 2006

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 June 2006 by Jeff Horne [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1956803] [accessed 8 July 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

INFORMATION

FontID: 11610BEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Belchamp Walter, Sudbury CO10 7AT, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 584993
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A131, 7-8 km W of Sudbury, 35 NNE of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the west end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Noted in the Royal Commission of Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font [...] circular tapering bowl with band of interlacing ornament, divided by small round and twisted shafts, early 12th-century, base modern." Reported in Kelly's Directory of 1933: "ancient carved stone Norman font". Noted in Pevsner (1976): "A good C12 example, circular with scrolls, etc. [...] the bowl damaged along the top. Decoration with beaded scrolls, leaves, etc." Ditto in Bettley & Pevsner (2007). The upper part of the basin must have been very damaged and was cut off, leaving the basin shorter; the base is modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.0335, 0.6504
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 2′ 0.6″ N, 0° 39′ 1.44″ E
UTM: 31U 338830 5767370

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Essex, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1933
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976