London No. 89

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13662LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[basin only] [composite font]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Olave
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Address: 8 Hart St, London EC3R 7NA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 7488 4318
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the S side of Hart Street, on the N bank of the Thames, just NW of the Tower
Additional Comments: re-cycled basin
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) notes an interesting object in a niche in the western gallery of this church: "this niche has a handsome hexagonal canopy, with quaterfoils, arches, and a wreath of foliage all delicately carved in the best style of the sixteenth century; it was originally the receptacle of a font or holy water basin."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 702639 5710679
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.510844, -0.079689
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 39.04″ N, 0° 4′ 46.88″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

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. 731/ [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#PRA1-PA637,M1] [accessed 31 July 2008]