Abbess Roding No. 2 / Abbots Roothing / Abbess Roothing / Roinges

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11807ABB
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Edmund
Font Location in Church: In the S porch, on the E side of the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia]
Church Address: Abbess Roding, Essex, CM5 0PA, UK
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of the A1060, W of the B184, 11-12 km E of Harlow; just N of Little Laver with a similar font
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ongar
Additional Comments: damaged stoup: broken basin
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In S. porch--E. of S. doorway, with four-centred head and broken basin, 15th-century". Noted also in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 4, 1956): "The turret and porch were both rebuilt in 1867 but there is still a 15th-century stoup outside the south door." [cf. Index entry for Abbess Roding No. 1 for the late 12th-century baptismal font of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 312186 5739987
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.77919, 0.27733
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 46′ 45.08″ N, 0° 16′ 38.39″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 2: 2