Little Tey

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view of church exterior - south portal

the font visible inside is the modern (?) replacement
Scene Description: the font visible inside is the modern (?) replacement
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11862TEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James, Little Tey
Font Location in Church: Reported in the rectory garden ca. 1916 [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536599
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Less
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: Church Ln, Little Tey, Colchester CO6 1HX, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1206 215772
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A120, 5 km ENE of Great Coggeshall, 11 km WSW of Colchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: damaged font: only a fragment of the basin remains -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
A fragment of a baptismal is noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "In garden of rectory, lower part of octagonal bowl with moulded under-edge, 15th-century." [NB: the RCHM shows a photograph of the south portal which gives view to the modern (?) font in the west end of the nave]. [NB: the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on its earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: 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: 174