Langley nr. Saffron Walden

INFORMATION

FontID: 11781LAN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist

Country Name: England

Location: Essex, East

Directions to Site: Located 13 km SW of Saffron Walden

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, by the S doorway

Century and Period: [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: plain octagonal bowl, date uncertain, stem modern." [NB: the nave is said to be of the 12th century, but we have no information of a font of that period]

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: with low raised ribs on top

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923