Vieil-Hesdin / Hesdin

INFORMATION

FontID: 24208HES

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vieil-Hesdin

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene

Church Location: [address & coordinates are for the present church] rue de la Mairie, 62770 Vieil-Hesdin, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located off local road D123 [aka rue de la Mairie], 6 km ESE of present Hesdin

Historical Region: Artois / Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Medieval

Church Notes: church documented in 1086 as a donation to the Abbaye d'Anchin; village destroyed in 1553 by Charles V, except for a convent of Black Nuns; the convent survived and was renovated in the 18thC; confiscated during the Revolution; -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00108437]: "Ancien couvent des Soeurs Noires, actuellement château"

Font Notes: Click to view

[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church documented in 1086 and probably destroyed in 1553]. [NB: the present parish church was an extra-mural late-15th century chapel that survived the destruction of the town by Charles V in 1553; it later became a parish church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.3583, 2.0997

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 21′ 29.88″ N, 2° 5′ 58.92″ E

UTM: 31U 435959 5578857