Runwell

INFORMATION

FontID: 11895RUN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A132, NNE of Wickford, 8 km E of Billericay [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with moulded under-side, plain stem and modern base, 15th-century; old base now in Rectory garden." The RCHM inventories also a holy-water stoup of the 15th century in the north porch [no separate entry in this Index]

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