London No. 51 / Hampstead

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13384LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Christ Church
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the NE of Hampstead Village, not far from the Heath
Historical Region: formerly Middlesex
Font Notes:
[NB: Heather Richards, Secretary of Pilning Church Council, in a communication to Baptisteria Sacra (e-mail of 4 March 2008) writes: "When St. Thomas' Church [i.e., Northwick St. Thomas, Norman] was demolished the font was taken to St. Peter's Church, Pilning. Pilning Church therefore had two fonts until it was requested by the church at Christ Church, Hampstead, where it was taken in 1999"]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Heather Richards, of Pilning Church Council, and to Berj Topalian, Vicar of St. Peter's Church, Pilning, for their help in documenting this font.