Little Henny
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11861HEN
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church [demolished; ruins only]
Font Location in Church: Among the overgrown foundation ruins of the old church
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The site is located off the A131, 8 km NNE of Halstead [the actual foundations of the church were reported in the RCHM "70 yards E.S.E. of the Ryes"]
Historical Region: Hundred of Hinckford
Additional Comments: abandoned stoup [cf. FontNotes]
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Henny
Font Notes:
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Possible holy-water stoup noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) in the overgrown foundations of the old church: "a semi-octagonal bowl, probably of a stoup".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: semi-octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: semi-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. 3: 168