Quendon / Kuenadanam

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11787QUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Simon & St. Jude, Quendon
Font Location in Church: [reported in the churchyard ca. 1916]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17534323
Church Address: B1383, Quendon, Saffron Walden CB11 3XL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1799 540339
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1383, 9 km S of Saffron Walden
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Uttlesford [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disused font / unused font
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: In the churchyard, near S. porch, octagonal bowl with moulded lower edge and top much damaged, octagonal stem, bowl and stem of one stone, 15th-century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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: 212