London No. 55 East Cheap / Eastcheap

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15760LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew Hubbarb
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: it was located in the SE of London, near Philpot Lane, in Eastcheap, Billingsgate
Additional Comments: destroyed font - destroyed by fire
Font Notes:
Tyack (1899) cites churchwardens' records of expenses related to the font and ancillary costs in 1510. [NB: this church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666].

REFERENCES

  • Tyack, George Smith, Lore and legend of the English Church, London: W. Andrews, 1899, p. 160