Layer Marney

INFORMATION

FontID: 11860LAY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 11 km SW of Colchester
Font Location in Church: In the S porch
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Perpendicular
Only a holy-water stoup is inventoried in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Stoup: In S. porch--recess with four centred-head, early 16th-century, basin destroyed." [NB: a font is reported in the church ca. 1866 in Wilson's Gazetteer, probably a modern one; the fabric of the church goes back to the 14th century, but we have no information on the original font of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872