Kelvedon nr. Witham

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11859KEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kelvedon
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_the_Virgin_Church,_Kelvedon
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church St, Kelvedon, Colchester CO5 9AL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1376 573701
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1024, 5 km NE of Witham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Witham [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the original font of the 12th-century church
Font Notes:
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) does not mention a font [NB: the RCHM does not list post-1714 materials], but the church has an octagonal font of late date in the nave [NB: this modern font appears to have been moved to Chappel St Barnabas in 1952, according to the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 10, 2001) -- we have no information on the ancient font of the original 12th-century church]. The SEAX-EssexArchives Online database [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=26954] [accessed 13 July 2010] has a baptism register for 1813-1857 [ref. D/P 134/1/7] with "At front: note of gift of new font by Revd Charles Dalton to commemorate his fiftieth year in parish, July 1854" [NB: was this the font moved to Chappel?]

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 3: 140-142