Gestingthorpe No. 2 / Ghestingethorp / Ghestingetorp

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11768GES

Object Type: Stoup

Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Perpendicular

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Gestingthorpe

Font Location in Church: In the S porch, E wall

Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17535866

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Address: Church St, Halstead CO9 3BB, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 460273

Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off the B1058, 4 km NE of Castle-Hedingham, approximately halfway between Halstead(Essex) and Sudbury (Suffolk)

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford

Historical Region: Hundred of Hinckford [in Domesday]

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In S. porch--in E. wall, semi-circular recess, probably part of stoup, early 16th-century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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: 100