Vieil-Hesdin / Hesdin

INFORMATION

Font ID: 24208HES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vieil-Hesdin
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
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"
Church Address: [address & coordinates are for the present church] rue de la Mairie, 62770 Vieil-Hesdin, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road D123 [aka rue de la Mairie], 6 km ESE of present Hesdin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Artois / Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Additional Comments: disappeared or destroyed font? [cf. ChurchNotes and FontNotes]
Font Notes:
[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

UTM: 31U 435959 5578857
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.3583, 2.0997
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 21′ 29.88″ N, 2° 5′ 58.92″ E