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

FontID: 16764HEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Great Henny, Essex, CO107NW
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A131, SSW of Sudbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, of www.essexchurches.info, for his photograph of the modern font font
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]

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