White Notley

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11746WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Etheldreda, White Notley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536005
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Etheldreda [aka Audrey, Æðelþryð, Æþelðryþe, Æthelthryth, Ediltrudis]
Church Notes: The RCHM [cf. FontNotes] gives the dedication as 'unknown'
Church Address: 1 Church Hill, White Notley, Witham CM8 1RY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1376 583930
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of the B1018, 6-7 km SSE of Braintree
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal with quatrefoiled panels to bowl filled with carved heads, foliage or plain shields, moulded and carved lower edge, and panelled stem, 15th-century." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], traceried stem, bowl with quatrefoils with leaves or grotesque heads." Ditto in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).

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. 829
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 2: 254
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 423