London No. 96

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17608LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr [aka Saint Edmund towards Garcherche / Saint Edmund in Lombardestrete]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Edmund, King and Martyr
Previous Font Location(s): West Meon old parish church, Hampshire
Church Notes: "This medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and Sir Christopher Wren built the present building 1670-1679" [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Edmund,_King_and_Martyr [accessed 19 August 2011]]
Church Address: Lombard Street EC3 1. 5002 (North Side)
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Lombard Street, City of London
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of London
Historical Region: Middlesex
Additional Comments: moved font: originally from West Meon, Hants.
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 3, 1908) notes: "At the time of the Domesday Survey there was one church in West Meon [...] The church of St. John was rebuilt in 1843–6 to the north of the former church, nothing of the older building being preserved. [...] The first book of the registers contains all entries from 1542 to 1639 [...] The old font was removed at the rebuilding, and is now in St. Edmund's, Lombard Street" [cf. Index entry for West Meon]. Blatch (1995) mentions only the Wren-period font in this church. [cf. Index entry for London No. 7 for the Wren-period font in this church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 702173 5710833
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.512394, -0.0863
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 44.62″ N, 0° 5′ 10.68″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 71 and ill. on p. [60]