Little Henny

INFORMATION

FontID: 11861HEN
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church [ruins only]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NNE of Halstead [the actual foundations of the church were reported in the RCHM "70 yards E.S.E. of the Ryes"]
Font Location in Church: Among the overgrown foundation ruins of the old church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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