Widdington

Image copyright © John Whitworth, 2008
Standing permission
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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
INFORMATION
FontID: 17006WID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Widdington, Essex, CB11 3SF
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off the M11, near Saffron Walden, 32 km S of Cambridge, 8 km N of Stansted airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Whitworth, of www.essexchurches.info, for his photographs of church and modern font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present baptismal font, octagonal, with carved panels on the basin and traceried ones on the stem, is Victorian [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, but we have no information on its medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 310206 5760318
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal flat and plain, with Latin cross finial