Wix / Wikes [disappeared?]

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16915WIX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin [formerly a priory church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Wix
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A120, 8 km ESE of Manningtree [Coordinates: 51° 54′ 43.74″ N, 1° 8′ 31.24″ E 51.91215, 1.14201]
Additional Comments: disaappeared font?
Font Notes:
Kelly's Directory of Essex for 1894 notes: "The church of St. Mary, partly rebuilt in 1704 and restored in 1888 [...] The register dates from the year 1560". The 1704 church was built out of the ruins of the priory church at Wix; the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 2, 1907) notes: "Wix Priory was founded by Walter Mascherell, Alexander and Edith, the children of Walter the deacon, who is mentioned [...] as holding the manor of Wix in Domesday." The priory was dissolved in 1525; we have no information on whether or not a baptismal font existed in the early church, but it must have had one when it was used as a parrochial church]

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.