Great Oakley nr. Harwich

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view of church exterior in context

Source caption: "All Saints Church, Great Oakley, Essex"
Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints Church, Great Oakley, Essex"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Stack, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 11 October 2009 by Peter Stack [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2039954] [accessed 14 February 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11653OAK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [modern stem] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Great Oakley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: The Avenue, Great Oakley, Harwich CO12 5BL, United Kingdom
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1414, 9 km WSW of Harwich, about 13 km ESE of Manningtree
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: restored font: stem is modern
Font Notes:
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) notes: "Font: square bowl, each face with five round-headed panels, moulded lower edge, moulded base of Purbeck marble, late 12th-century, stem modern." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Plain C12, of Purbeck marble, on five shafts." With much the same description in Bettley & Pevsner (2007) who add the square shape of the basin. The RCHM (ibid.) notes a 14th-century holy-water stoup "with reused trefoiled head" in the south porch [no separate entry in Index]. Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with panels on each face; the stem is modern" [source given: RCHM (NE), 1922). The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TM1878227318] notes: "Parish church. C12, C14 and C18, restored in Cl9 [...] The C12 font, of Purbeck marble, has a tapering square bowl, each face with 5 round-headed panels, a moulded lower edge, the stem and angle-shafts renewed." Noted in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble: "bowl with panels on each face; the stem is modern" [source given: RCHM (NE), 1922].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 374621 5751630
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.901298, 1.177601
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 54′ 4.67″ N, 1° 10′ 39.37″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 417
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 3: 129
  • Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975, p. 72
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 207