London No. 89

INFORMATION

FontID: 13662LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Olave
Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Location: 8 Hart St, London EC3R 7NA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 7488 4318
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the S side of Hart Street, on the N bank of the Thames, just NW of the Tower
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 16th century[basin only] [composite font]
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

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

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?]