Stapleford Abbotts / Stapleford Abbots
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2010 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1870906] [accessed 28 March 2012]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16888STA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Essex, RM4 1ES
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off the B175, E of Lambourne, 9 km SW of Ongar, NE of London
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ongar
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
There are two entries for Stapleford [Abbots] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ5095/stapleford-abbotts/] [accessed 22 June 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 4, 1956) notes: "A small engraving in the [present] church shows the building before the 19th-century reconstruction. There was evidently a porch in the centre of the south side, flanked by what were apparently 14th-century windows. There was also, high up near the west end of the nave, a single-light window which may have been of the 12th century, indicating a Norman origin for the church." The VCH does not mention a medieval font but reports: "The octagonal font is modern." The Church Builder (no. 3, July 1862: 110) reports the re-opening of the Church of St. Mary on 24 April 1862 (architect T. Jeckyll), and notes: "A handsome new font, sculptured by Westmacott, has been presented by a lady."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.643773,
0.167339
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 38′ 37.58″ N,
0° 10′ 2.42″ E
UTM: 31U 304015 5725219
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-09-20 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
