Weeley / Wileiam

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11742WEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew, Weeley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17532961
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: St Andrew's Church, Church Ln, Weeley, Clacton-on-Sea CO16 9AT, United Kingdom
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1141, 7-8 km N of Clacton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled sides enclosing blank shields and foliage, much recut, moulded underside with square flowers, stem with traceried panels, 15th-century." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal with rosettes and shields in the panels." Not mentioned in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 3: 227
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 414