Sturmer No. 1 / Sturmere
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the modern font at the back, by the south doorway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by John Whitworth [www.essexchurches.info]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 16892STU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Drive, Sturmer, Essex, CB9 7XD
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 17 km ENE of Saffron Walden
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, www.essexchurches.info, for his photographs of church and modern font
Font Notes:
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Baotismal font located at the west end of the nave, south side, by the south entranceway; it consists of an octagonal basin with quatrefoils on the sides, raised on a pedestal base; appears modern. [NB: the church fabric goes back to Norman times, but we have no information on its medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 327136 5771492