Theydon Bois / Theydon Boys

The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 4: 1956) notes: "There was a church at Theydon Bois in the 12th century and perhaps earlier. [...] The old parish church of St. Mary, which may earlier have been dedicated to St. Botolph, [...] stood next to Theydon Hall, about ¾ mile north of Abridge Bridge. [...] In 1843 the parish vestry resolved to build a new church in a more central situation, and a faculty was accordingly obtained. The old church was pulled down, the materials being sold for £78 and the barrel organ for £20. (fn. 76) The site is now marked only by a few tombstones overgrown with grass and young trees." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. [NB: the baptismal font in the new church is of stone, an octagonal basin mounted on an octagonal pedestal base and round lower base; we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].