Pleshey

INFORMATION

FontID: 11834PLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NNW of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes[
Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: bowl supposed to be of former old font is now in the garden at Langley's, Great Waltham." The RCHM (ibid.) entry for Langley's, at Great Waltham, notes: "In the rockery, S.E. of the house, are a number of worked stone, some from the church and including a bowl perhaps a stoup. There is also an octagonal font bowl, probably of the 15th century, which may have come from Pleshey Church."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923