Throcking / Trochinge

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11941THR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Throcking
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17553715
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Cottered Rd, Throcking, Buntingford SG9 9RU, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1763 28105
Site Location: Hertfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NW of Buntingford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Edwinstree [in Domesday]
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, Hertforshire (1911): "Font: of chalk, bowl with panelled sides of different designs, panelled stem, 15th-century." In Pevsner & Cherry (1977): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with various tracery patterns on the panels of the bowl; the stem is also panelled.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, chalk
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. 221
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Hertfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1977, p. 364