Stow Maries / Fenne / Stowe / Stowe Mareys
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design element - motifs - panel - trefoiled
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lynda Poulter, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2009 by Lynda Poulter [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1493649] [accesseed 15 April 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter West, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 February 2015 by Peter West [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4496577] [accessed 15 April 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 11898STO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Margaret
Church Location: Church Ln, Stow Maries, Chelmsford CM3 6SL, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B1012, (E) the A130, 8 km SE of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Wibrihtesherne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [base only?] [composite font], Late Medieval
Font Notes:
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There are three entries for Stow Maries [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ8399/stow-maries/] [accessed 15 April 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this church in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) notes: "Font: octagonal stem with trefoil-headed panels and moulded base, 15th-century." No mention of the font in Bettley & Pevsner (2007). The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: TQ8336299386] notes: "Parish church. C14-C16, restored in C19. [...] The C15 font has an octagonal stem with trefoil-headed panels and moulded base, and a C19 bowl."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.66346, 0.64968
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 39′ 48.46″ N, 0° 38′ 58.85″ E
UTM: 31U 337453 5726224
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