Wickham Bishops
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Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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 exterior - south view
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 - looking southeast
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 - looking northwest
Scene Description: the font partially visible on the left (south) 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: the font as seen in the renovated church interior on 7 January 2010
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Stanford, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph by David Stanford in Friends of Friendless Churches [http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/CMSMS/index.php?page=wickham-bishops] [accessed 27 September 2010]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11839WIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, Wickham Bishops
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the W end, S side [originally in St. Peter's]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Wickham_Bishops
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew, St. Peter
Previous Font Location(s): originally from old St. Peter's
Church Address: Church Rd, Wickham Bishops, Witham CM8 3LA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1621 892867
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1022, 6 km N of Maldon, NE of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? the earlier font(s) of the old church
Font Notes:
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Noted with an illustration in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font:octagonal bowl with concave sides, modern stem and moulded base, mortises for staples on rim of bowl, mid 15th-century." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) report an "octagonal font with tall wooden cover" in the new church, but suggest no date. [NB: the font was originally from old St. Peter's, redundant since 1970, and in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches in 1975; the RCHM notes that the fabric of the old church goes back to the 11th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of that church]. The font and an old holy-water stoup were moved from St. Peter's, the medieval church, to St. Bartholomew, the new mid-19th century church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 832
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 2: 259 and pls. on p. opp.