Little Hormead

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11930HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary, Little Hormead
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Little_Hormead
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Little Hormead, Buntingford SG9 0LS, United Kingdom
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located ENE of Buntingford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertfordshire (1911): "Font: of oolite, c. 1310; sides of bowl have panels of tracery alternating with circular foiled panels: in the E. face, a shield with a fleur-de-lis." In Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Font. Early C14, octagonal, with very pretty blank tracery."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Oolite)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire, London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationary Office by J. Truscott, 1911, p. 17, 147
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Hertfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977, p. 242