Wimbish / Wimbeis / Winebisc / Wymbig / Wymbis

INFORMATION

FontID: 11803WIM
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km ESE of Saffron Walden[Coordinates: 52° 0′ 0″ N, 0° 19′ 0″ E 52, 0.316667] [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: In the NE corner of the S porch
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In the N.E. corner of the porch--with broken bowl on semi-octagonal shaft, four-centred, hollow-chamfered head, late 15th or early 16th-century." Neither font nor stoup mentioned in Bettley & Pevsner (2007). [NB: the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on its medieval font]

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