Netteswell / Netteswellbury

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11833NET
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew [now redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: St Andrew's Meadow, Harlow CM18 6BL, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A1025, 7 km N of Epping
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Harlow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Transitional / Early English
No entry found for Netteswell in the Domesday survey. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) reports: "Font: plain octagonal bowl with moulded lower edge, plain stem and base, probably 13th-century." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 8, 1983) notes: "A church existed at Netteswell by 1177, when it was granted along with the manor to Waltham priory.[...] Pope Lucius II (1181–5) licensed the canons of Waltham to appropriate the church. That was confirmed in 1195 by Celestine III, who stipulated that the churches of Epping, Loughton, Netteswell, and Woodford should be assigned to the use of the sacristy of the abbey. [...] The font dates from the 13th century. " In Bettley & Pevsner (2007).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2018-06-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
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