Headley nr. Letherhead / Hadlee / Hadlig / Hallega / Hedleghe / Hedley

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Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016

Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 March 2016)

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view of font - southeast side

the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Scene Description: the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 February 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 March 2016)

view of font in context

the 18thC (?) font inside the grotto that contains all that is left of the old church [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the 18thC (?) font inside the grotto that contains all that is left of the old church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Harris, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 July 2011 by Dave Harris [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBZ9Y_Font_at_St_Marys_Headley_Surrey_UK] [accessed 16 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font and cover

the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Scene Description: the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Harris, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 July 2011 by Dave Harris [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBZ9Y_Font_at_St_Marys_Headley_Surrey_UK] [accessed 16 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of basin and cover

the grotto that contains what remains of the old church as well as an 18thC (?) font [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the grotto that contains what remains of the old church as well as an 18thC (?) font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 February 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 March 2016)

view of basin - interior

the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Scene Description: the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 February 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 March 2016)

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail

the 18thC (?) font inside the grotto that contains all that is left of the old church [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the 18thC (?) font inside the grotto that contains all that is left of the old church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 February 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 March 2016)

view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail

the grotto that contains what remains of the old church as well as an 18thC (?) font [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the grotto that contains what remains of the old church as well as an 18thC (?) font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Harris, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 July 2011 by Dave Harris [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBZ9Y_Font_at_St_Marys_Headley_Surrey_UK] [accessed 16 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "St Mary's Church, Headley. Grade II listed church dating from the 1850s, replacing a much earlier church."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church, Headley. Grade II listed church dating from the 1850s, replacing a much earlier church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian Capper, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2010 by Ian Capper [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2225451] [accessed 16 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font in context - west side

the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church, at the west end of the nave
Scene Description: the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church, at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 February 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 March 2016)

view of font and cover in context - east side

the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Scene Description: the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Harris, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 July 2011 by Dave Harris [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBZ9Y_Font_at_St_Marys_Headley_Surrey_UK] [accessed 16 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font and cover - northwest side

the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Scene Description: the 19thC (?) font inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Harris, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 7 July 2011 by Dave Harris [www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBZ9Y_Font_at_St_Marys_Headley_Surrey_UK] [accessed 16 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16884HEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Lane, Headley, Surrey, KT18 6LE
Site Location: Surrey, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Letherhead
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford
Historical Region: Hundred of Copthorne
Additional Comments: disused font (in a grotto in the churchyard; the font is modern; 18thC?) -- disappeared font? (the one from the original (?) 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Headley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2054/headley/] [accessed 16 December 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Allen (1831) writes: "The font is a plain octagon on a round pillar", without a suggestion of its date; the church itself, notes Allen (ibid.), "was taxed at £5" in the 'valor' of Edward I (1272-1307). Brayley (1850) writes: "The font is old, plain, and octagonal in form." The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "Headley Church was rated at £5 in the 13th century [...] The present building was erected in 1855, excepting the tower, which was added a few years later [...] The former church had a low square tower at its west end, and is said to have been much dilapidated before it was pulled down. All that is left of it is set up in the churchyard over the grave of the late rector, the Rev. Ferdinand Faithful, who died in 1871, in the form of a small rectangular ivy-covered building with a 15th-century arch at the west, and in it are preserved a few details, such as the tracery of a two-light window with trefoiled heads, and the bowl of an 18th-century font. The present font is modern." [NB: the font in the grotto is modern, said to be 18thC -- the font inside the church is also modern, said to be 19thC -- we have no information on the font of the 13th-century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern fonts

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 690169 5684484
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.279907, -0.273207
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 16′ 47.66″ N, 0° 16′ 23.54″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Allen, Thomas, A History of the County of Surrey ; comprising every object of topographical, geological, or historical interest, London: Isaac Taylor Hinton, 1831, vol. 2: 46
  • Brayley, Edward Wedlake, A topographical history of Surrey, London: G. Willis, 1850, vol. 4: 423