St. Albans No. 3

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NB: this is the copy of the original font and it is located in the parish church of All Saints, Maldo (Essex)
Scene Description: NB: this is the copy of the original font and it is located in the parish church of All Saints, Maldo (Essex)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11693ALB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Saviour , St Albans
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26671814
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Maldon All Saints
Church Notes: St Saviour's is a modern church
Church Address: 25 Sandpit La, St Albans AL1 4DF, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1727 851526
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1081, N of Watford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of St. Albans
Additional Comments: moved font / recycled font / composite font (originally from Maldon, Essex, now in St. Albans, Herts.)
Font Notes:
Noted in Wilton-Hall (1910): "The font came from All Saints' Church, Malden [sic], Co. Essex, 1896. The bowl is 15th-century work, the stem late 17th- or early 18th-century, and the cover belongs to the 18th century." This same source notes that "the font and the font cover were restored by Mr. G. Haynes in memory of Captain A.E. Haynes, R.E., who fell in action at Makinos Kraal, Mashona Land, in 1896." Noted in Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Font. C15, from Maldon, Essex." The BeenThere-DoneThat, The Unofficial Guide to Britain site [www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/essex/maldon21big.html] notes the presence of a copy of this font made in 1866 now in the west end, by the entrance to the tower, at Maldon All Saints'.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Hertfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977, p. 316
  • Wilton-Hall, H.R., The story of the Church and Parish of St. Saviour's, St. Alban's, St. Albans: Printed by Gibbs and Bamforth Ltd., Market Place, 1910, [www.ssaviours.org/TheStory/Wilton%20Hall.htm] [accessed 18 April 2006]