Havering-atte-Bower / Haueringas / Hauering atte Bower / Havering atte Bower

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 16 arches

Scene Description: two shallow arches on each side of the octagonal basin

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font and the north arcade

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view of font cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11831HAV
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist [the old church demolished in 1876 was dedicated to St. Mary]
Church Location: The Green, North Road, Havering-att-Bower, London, RM4 1PL
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the B175, 5 km N of Romford, 24 km NE of Charing Cross
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower -- formerly in Essex
Font Location in Church: Inside the entirely rebuilt church, at the W end
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [altered font] [compositefont]
Lewis' Dictionary (1848) entry for Havering-Atte-Bower reports: "the font is very large, and of great antiquity." Reported also in Wilson's Gazetteer of 1870-1972 and in Kelly's Essex Directory of 1902. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal, tapering bowl of Purbeck marble, each face with two round-headed panels, formerly painted, late 12th-century". Listed in Leach (1975) as a font made of Purbeck marble. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 7, 1978) notes that the font came from "the old parish church of St. Mary, later of St. John the Evangelist, demolished in 1876", that "stood west of Havering Green, on the site of the present church." The VCH (ibid.) adds: "The font, which dates from the late 12th century, has an octagonal bowl of Purbeck marble [...] In 1836, after long disuse, it was replaced in St. Mary's church [...] Its base, of Bath stone, was added when the font was removed to the new church." The wooden cover is octagonal, the sides of the dome decorated with crockets; tall finial; appears modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 305323 5722555

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Purbeck marble) [basin only]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2006-05-15 00:00:00. 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
Leach, Rosemary, A Investigation into the use of Purbeck Marble in Medieval England, Hartlepool: E.W. Harrisons & Sons, 1975
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872