London No. 99
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 March 2017)
Results: 5 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 December 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 March 2017)
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 October 2008 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1017918] [accessed 5 March 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "A view from Bush House"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ronnie Macdonald, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2012 by Ronnie Macdonald [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary_le_Strand_Church_(8013448528).jpg] [accessed 5 March 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - ceiling
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 December 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 March 2017)
view of church interior - apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 December 2016 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 March 2017)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21067LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (late?), Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary le Strand [originally Church of the Innocents, aka St. Mary of the Innocents]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church documented 1222; demolished 1549; present church is 18thC replacement built off site -- Blatch (1995) suggests there may have been a church here since Saxon times, but the earliest reference to it is late-11thC
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on a traffic island to the N of Somerset House, King's College London. Nearest tube station is Temple
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of London
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font, noted in Blatch (1995) is made of white marble, a round basin on a baluster pedestal base, probably the original one from the 18th-century re-building of the medieval church [NB: we have no information on the font of the original late-11th century (?) church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this modern church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 700051 5710724
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.512171, -0.116904
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 30′ 43.82″ N, 0° 7′ 0.85″ W
REFERENCES
- Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 242