Pleshey

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11834PLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Pleshey
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes[
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17545107
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: 4 The St, Pleshey, Chelmsford CM3 1HA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1245 237237
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 km NNW of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: abandoned font / disused font: a 15th-century basin in the rockery at Langley's, Gt. Waltham
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, vol. 2: 107, 201