Wickford / Wicfort / Wincfort
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the top of the font visible at the back (west end), left (south) side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Essex Record Office, 2010
Image Source: old anonymous and undated B&W photograph in the Essex Arcives Online, Mint Binder Wickford (ref.: I/Mb 399/1/2) [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=315036] [accessed 27 September 2010]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11748WIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [re-cut?], Perpendicular [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Address: 120 Southend Rd, Wickford SS11 8EB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1268 733362
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A129, 6 km E of Billericay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Barstable
Additional Comments: altered font? partly re-cut?
Font Notes:
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There are ten entries for Wickford [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ7493/wickford/] [accessed 18 April 2024] none of which mentions priest or church in it. A font here is noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with moulded under-edge and base, plain stem, 15th-century, probably partly recut." Pevsner (1976) notes that "some materials from the old church were re-used" in Henry Stone's rebuilding of 1876, namely the roof of ca. 1500 and the 15th-century font. Bettley & Pevsner (2007), however, drop the font from the list of re-used materials from the old church. The font may have been re-cut in the late-19th century renovation of the church by Henry Stone. The Church of St. Andrew, nearby, London Rd., is modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to John Whitworh, of www.essexchurches.info, for his photographs of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 329209 5720890
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.6131, 0.5332
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 36′ 47.16″ N, 0° 31′ 59.52″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lining
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 4: 171
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 424