Ashdon
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11756ASH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Ashdon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://dag.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahabali_kɔligu:All_Saints_Ashdon_from_the_north_-_geograph.org.uk_-_744938.jpg
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church Hill, Ashdon, Church End, Saffron Walden CB10 2HG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1799 584171
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Saffron Walden, 37 km NW of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: composite font? [cf. FontNotes] although the octagonal basin is probably 13th-century as well, unless re-cut
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "octagonal stem with moulded capital and base, late 13th-century, rough octagonal bowl, possibly of earlier date." No mention of the font in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, of www.essexchurches.co.uk, for his photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal base, top tapering on to small Latin cross; painted a shiny gree, with white details; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 1: 7