East Hanningfield

INFORMATION

FontID: 11879HAN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, E of the S doorway
Century and Period: 16th century(early?)
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "In nave--E. of S. doorway, recess with roughly plastered two-centred head, bowl broken, early 16th-century." [NB: the RCHM (ibid.) notes that the fabric of the church goes back to the 13th century or earlier, 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