Markshall nr. Coggeshall

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16794MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Margaret [demolished in 1933]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NNW of Coggeshall, 8 km N of Kelvedon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Additional Comments: disappeared? Church demolished
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_Hall
Font Notes:
Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of 1868 mentions only a modern church. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 3, 1922) notes: "Parish Church of St. Margaret was entirely rebuilt in 1875 but retains from the old church the following [fittings]"; no font among them. This church is noted Bettley & Pevsner (2007) as a re-building of the medieval building, later re-modelled in the 1870s; it was finally demolished in 1933. [NB: we have no information on the font(s) of that church].

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51134#s18] [accessed 15 July 2010]