Layer de la Haye / Layer-de-la-Hay / Layer-de-la-Haye / Legra / Leger / Leire

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16784LAY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist

Church Address: Church Road, Layer de la Haye, Essex, CO2 0EW

Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located near Colchester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

The present baptismal font is probably from the mid-19th century restoration of this originally Norman church [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 352445 5745746