Laindon Hills / Langdon Hills

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11883LAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints, Langdon Hills
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1916 in the rectory stables
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: High Rd, Langdon Hills, Basildon SS16 6HY, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1268 490400
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off te B1007, 11 km NNE of Tilbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: disused font: in the rectory stables ca. 1916
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langdon_Hills
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: In stables at rectory--octagonal bowl with moulded upper and lower edge, trefoil-headed panels in each face and on stem, moulded base, 15th-century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
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. 4: 81