Little Ilford / Ilefort

INFORMATION

Font ID: 17993ILF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: "Little Ilford Church (the Virgin Mary), is a mean brick substitute for a venerable ivy-clad building, one of the most picturesque village churches near London, destroyed a few years back. In it are some monuments removed from the old church" [source: www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish-pages/Little_Ilford.html] [accessed 16 April 2012]
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Ilford [aka Great Ilford], 1 km NE of East Ham, 5 km N of Stratford, off the North Circular Road, NE of central London
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: formerly in Essex -- Hundred of Becontree
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (essex, vol. 6, 1973) notes: "The surviving architectural features of St. Mary's church show that it was built at least as early as the 12th century. [...] The nave and the chancel were probably built early in the 12th century. In the north wall of the nave, now opening into the vestry, are a window and a doorway, both of that period. [...] St. Mary's continued to be the parish church of Little Ilford until 1938, when it became a chapel of ease to St. Michael's, Romford Road." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of the old church] [the church at nearby Gt. Ilford is modern]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 295821 5715201

REFERENCES

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