Mucking / Muchinga / Mucinga

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11887MUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [redundant; now a private residence]
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church, in the S aisle, ca. 1923
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: partially demolished 1850; re-buuilt; sold as private residence
Church Address: Mucking, Sranfoed le Hope, Essex, United Kingdom
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1013, 3 km S of Stanford le Hope, 6 km NE of Tilbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Barstable [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: disused font / unused font: the semi-octagonal shape is odd for an English font of this period, unless the straight side was meant to be built into a wall. Was it perhaps a stoup instead? Measurements might help
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucking
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: In S. aisle--disused bowl of semi-octagonal form with chamfered under-edge, 15th-century." [NB: the former church was made into a private residence in the early years of the 21st century -- we have no information on the whereabouts of its baptismal font]

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. 4: 94