Runwell / Runewella
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11895RUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536456
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Runwell Rd, Runwell, Wickford SS11 7HS, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1268 732068
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A132, NNE of Wickford, 8 km E of Billericay [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Chelmsford [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: restored font / altered font / composite font: the old base, now in the rectory garden was replaced by a modern one
Font Notes:
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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, vol. 4: 131