London No. 67 / Outwich

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13635LON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin [demolished in 1874]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours

Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: The church was located at the SE end of Threadneedle Street, at Bishopsgate Street

Allen (1839?) writes: "The old church, which was built in 1540, was one of the few that escaped the fire of London [1666] but […] it was taken down in 1795, and the present structure erected […] The font is of marble and stands in a pew beneath the north-western gallery". Baltch (1995) notes that "the later [1796] building was demolished in 1874" [NB: we do not know whether the original font survived and was re-used in the later churchs [unlikely], nor whether or not any of the fonts survived into the 20th century]

REFERENCES

Allen, Thomas, The History and Antiquities of London, Wsetminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent, London: published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, [1839?], p. 206 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BVEGAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA717&lpg=RA1-PA717&dq=queenhithe+church+font&source=web&ots=9dzBGxXJDM&sig=mvPDHDDOyNJa-B_jKtBxJr4-Ny4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result] [accessed 16 July 2008]
Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 84