Elmstead nr. Colchester / Elmstead Market

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16723ELM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ann and St. Laurence

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anne & St. Lawrence

Church Address: Church Road, Elmstead Market, Essex, CO7 7AR

Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located on the A133, 3 km NE of Wivenhoe, 6 km E of Colchester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

The British Listed Buildings website [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-120055-church-of-st-anne-and-st-lawrence-elmste] [accessed 22 June 2010] reports a "C20 circular font with moulded and ringed stem" in this church. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to Norman times, but we have no information of its medieval font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 361957 5749595