Wickham Bishops
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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 - 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 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 interior - looking northwest
Scene Description: the font partially visible on the left (south) side
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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 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 font
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
FontID: 11839WIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew [originally from old St. Peter's]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1022, 6 km N of Maldon, NE of Chelmsford [Coordinates for St. Bartolomew's: 51° 46′ 34.68″ N, 0° 40′ 5.16″ E 51.7763, 0.6681] [Coordinates for St. Peter's: 51° 46′ 11.28″ N, 0° 38′ 36.24″ E 51.7698, 0.6434] [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the W end, S side [originally in St. Peter's]
Century and Period: 15th century (mid?), Perpendicular
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
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923