Pitsea

INFORMATION

FontID: 11890PIT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: England

Location: Essex, East

Directions to Site: Located 14-15 km WNW of Southend-on-Sea

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th century, Perpendicular

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with moulded lower-edge, plain stem and hollow-chamfered base, early 16th-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