Barnston / Barnston nr. Chelmsford / Bernestuna

INFORMATION

FontID: 16692BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Parsonage Lane, Barnston, Essex
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A120, 3 km SE of Great Dunmow, 15 km NNW of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Dunmow [in Domesday]
Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Barnston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TL6419/barnston/] [accessed 6 December 2023] but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TL6523219624] notes: "Church, comprising Nave c.1160-1170, probably of flint rubble but now plastered, at the west end is a rectangular timber framed bell turret of re-used medieval timber. The Chancel was probably rebuilt C13 [...] A fine Piscina in Chancel probably c.1200" [no font mentioned]. Bettley & Pevsner (2007) note: "Font. Stone, octagonal, with quatrefoiled panels and wooden cover, by Cox & Son, c. 1867." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on the medieval font(s)]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.8499, 0.3886
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 50′ 59.64″ N, 0° 23′ 18.96″ E
UTM: 31U 320142 5747568

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007