Gosfield
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16745GOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century/ 19th century, Perpendicular? / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17536280
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Halstead, to the S [Coordinates: 51° 56′ 0″ N, 0° 35′ 0″ E 51.933333, 0.583333]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Font Notes:
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The British Listed Buildings website [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-114663-church-of-st-catherine-gosfield] [accessed 30 June 2010] notes: "Octagonal font with quatrefoiled panelling to bowl and cusped two centre arches to stem." [NB: there may have been a church in this place by 1190, of which nothing remains now].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal