Lawford / Laleforda / Leleforda

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view of church exterior - west view

Source caption: "St. Mary the Virgin church, Lawford. St Mary's is at the end of Church Hill, it is a 13th/14th Century building steeped in history. The church has changed little over the centuries."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Mary the Virgin church, Lawford. St Mary's is at the end of Church Hill, it is a 13th/14th Century building steeped in history. The church has changed little over the centuries."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Farner, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 June 2010 by Paul Farner [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1917448] accessed 29 January 2015]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 11683LAW
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Hill, Lawford, Essex, CO112JX
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 12 km NE of Colchester, on the S bank of the Stour
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Tendring [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: In the S porch
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Medieval
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Lawford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TM0831/lawford/] [accessed 29 January 2015], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. A holy-water stoup is reported in this church in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In S. porch--with moulded jambs and cinquefoiled head, broken bowl, late 14th-century". Only a late font is mentioned in Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. C18 on baluster stem." English Heritage [Listing NGR: TM0890331571] (1966) reports a "Stone/cement urn font, moulded base, moulded petal base with ringed bowl stem and moulded rim" in this 14th-century church. This modern font is located at the W end of the nave. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.9434, 1.038
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 56′ 36.24″ N, 1° 2′ 16.8″ E
UTM: 31U 365144 5756561

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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