Toppesfield / Topesfelda
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11801TOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [re-cut?], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Toppesfield
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536014
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: 6 Church Ln, Toppesfield, Halstead CO9 4DR, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1787 277270
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 11 km NW of Halstead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Cosford [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: with octagonal bowl cut down, octagonal stem with square top, apparently re-used material, possibly 13th-century." Not mentioned in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).
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: 323