Margaret Roding

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11696MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Margaret Roding
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: Chelmsford Road, Margaret Roding, Dunmow CM6 1QL, UK
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km WNW of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Roding
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal, panelled bowl with quatrefoils in circles, enclosing blank shields, panelled and traceried stem and moulded base, late 14th-century." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with traceried stem and quatrefoils with shields on the panels." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on the earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 590
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 2: 183
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 295