Radwinter

INFORMATION

FontID: 16810RAD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Walden Road Radwinter, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2SW
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located on the B1054, 6 km S of Maldon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Noted and illustrated in the Parish website [http://www.radwinter.org/RadCHabout.php] [accessed 19 July 2010]: "The font stands on steps at the west end of the north aisle and was set up at the restoration with a richly carved wood towering canopy. A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Child Jesus is on the top of the canopy - and carvings representing angels and prophets are below. Doors in the back give access to the water in the stone font. The font was given in memory of William Clayden, who died in 1877, by his sister Emma. It was dedicated on the first Sunday in Advent, 1879." [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the late-13th century, but we have no information on its medieval font]. The modern font is of stone, octagonal, with panels on the sides. The wooden cover is of the rim-buffet type, with figural finial [cf. supra]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 316948 5764396

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century
Material: wood,
Apparatus: rim-buffet type
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]