Ramsden Crays
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11891RAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17557054
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Rd, Billericay CM11, UK, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 7485 039204
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the A127, 3 km E of Billericay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: altered font? "entirely retooled" -- disappeared?
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl and stem, entirely retooled and of doubtful date." Bettley & Pevsner (2007) note the church was declared redundant in 1993 and was later turned into a private residence. [NB: we have no information on its font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 634
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 4: 120