Thorrington / Torinduna

Results: 6 records

B01: symbol - shield - the instruments of the Passion

on three of the sides of the basin [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: on three of the sides of the basin [cf. Font notes]

B02: symbol - fruit - pomegranate

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: design element - motifs - floral

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

on the lower base [cf. Font notes}
Scene Description: on the lower base [cf. Font notes}

UB01: design element - motifs - panel - trefoiled

on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]

UB02: design element - architectural - buttress

at the angles of the stem [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: at the angles of the stem [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11735THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Thorrington
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Magdalene%27s_Church,_Tortington
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Address: Clacton Rd, Thorrington, Colchester CO7 8HA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1206 823163
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Brightlingsea
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Tendring [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Torrington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TM0919/thorrington/] [accessed 24 June 2025]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with panelled sides, three with instruments of the passion, others with pomegranate and flower, buttressed stem with trefoil-headed panels, moulded base, early 16th-century." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]. Stem with buttresses and tracery panels, bowl with leaves and shields."

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. 781
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 3: xxxii, 215
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 389