Creeksea No. 2 / Burnham-on-Crouch / Criccheseiam / Cricksea / Crixea

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11640CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1125?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Creeksea_Place&params=51.637735_N_0.787660_E_region:GB_scale:25000
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Creeksea Ln, Burnham-on-Crouch CM0 8PQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1621 783963
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just W of Burnham-on-Crough, adjoining, on the N shore of the river Crouch, about 14 km SE of Maldon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wibrithtesherne
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1123775] notes: "A roughly-hewn square bowl at the W end seems most unlikely to have been a font." An anonymous article in the Creeksea Place site [www.creekseaplace.co.uk/history.pdf] notes: "The square stone bowl of the original font, believed to date from the year 1125, was found on the Cricksea glebe being used as a step to the barn." [cf. Index entry for Creeksea No. 1 for the 15th-century font in use in this church]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 38' 15.6" N, 0° 47' 17.8" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square