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

INFORMATION

FontID: 11640CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Creeksea Ln, Burnham-on-Crouch CM0 8PQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1621 783963
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
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 Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1125?
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Norman
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

Church 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