Great Henny
Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16764HEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Great Henny, Essex, CO107NW
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A131, SSW of Sudbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church consists of a square basin with chamfered angles raised on a similarly shaped pedestal base; the basin has floral motifs at the underbowl; the stone appears to be a red-and-white marble. The cover is flat, of the same shape as the basin, and has a ring handle; appears contemporary with the font, which is probably late 19th-century. [NB: part of the tower fabric goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on the medieval font here]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, of www.essexchurches.info, for his photograph of the modern font font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 343443 5764273
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, and, like the basin, square with chamfered angles; flat foliated cross on it, wuth ring handle; modern