Great Clacton / Clachintune

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angel - holding shield - emblem - Trinity

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angel - holding shield - emblem - cross

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human figure - seated - 3

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of basin

ca. 1923?
Scene Description: ca. 1923?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "St. John the Baptist church, Great Clacton, Essex. It's hard to believe that before the Victorian era, Great Clacton was just a small village and Clacton-on-Sea would have been just farmland and perhaps the odd cottage. The whole of this area is now built up but you can pick out the original village buildings around the Norman church. The church was badly restored in 1865 but there is a lot of the old left to interest. The 15th century tower was never completed, hence the unusual timber structure on top."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. John the Baptist church, Great Clacton, Essex. It's hard to believe that before the Victorian era, Great Clacton was just a small village and Clacton-on-Sea would have been just farmland and perhaps the odd cottage. The whole of this area is now built up but you can pick out the original village buildings around the Norman church. The church was badly restored in 1865 but there is a lot of the old left to interest. The 15th century tower was never completed, hence the unusual timber structure on top."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Edwards, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 3 July 2006 by Robert Edwards [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/196114] [accessed 12February 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Great Clacton: Church of St John the Baptist. The church was once Grade II* Listed but has been upgraded to Grade I. This is the east end viewed from the graveyard."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Great Clacton: Church of St John the Baptist. The church was once Grade II* Listed but has been upgraded to Grade I. This is the east end viewed from the graveyard."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nigel Cox, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 16 March 2019 by Nigel Cox [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6106469] [accessed 12 February 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

view of church interior - plan

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: digital image of a B&W illustration in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of font

in September 2014
Scene Description: in September 2014
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2014 by Simon Knott [https://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/15180970187/in/album-72157648092508245/] [accessed 12 February 2023]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 11649CLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: St John's Rd, Clacton-on-Sea CO15 4BP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1255 475704
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off the A133, now a NNE part of Clacton-on-Sea, 20 km SE of Colchester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: The church was disused for some time but opened again for cult in May 2000
Font Notes:
There is an entry for [Great and Little] Clacton in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/great-and-little-clacton/] [accessed 12 February 2023]; it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Baptismal font noted with an illustration in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "octagonal bowl with panelled sides carved with three seated figures and two angles holding shields bearing the arms of the Trinity and a cross, 15th-century." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal, with three seated figures and two angels holding shields; defaced; C15." Ditto in Bettley & Pevsner (2007). The octagonal pedestal base is modern. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM1770816529] notes: "Parish church. C12 Nave and Chancel. C15 West Tower. Alterations to Chancel C14 [...] C15 octagonal font remodelled 1954, panelled sides of bowl with seated figures and 2 angels holding shields."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.8052, 1.157
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 48′ 18.72″ N, 1° 9′ 25.2″ E
UTM: 31U 372934 5740979

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976