Great Canfield
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: the modern font can be seen inside, to the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of church interior - chancel arch and east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of font
Scene Description: modern (Victorian?) font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11817CAN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SW of Great Dunmow
Font Location in Church: In the W wall of the N doorway
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In nave--externally in wall W. of N. doorway, part of a rough basin hollowed out of the front of the jamb." A modern square Victorian font stands at the west end of the nave, just inside the south door. Bettley & Pevsner (2007) identify this modern font as having been introduced in Frederic Chancellor's renovation of the 1870s. [NB: the RCHM does not report an early font in this chiefly Norman church; we have no information on the medieval font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923