Baptism Font - St Mary - Langham, Essex - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

Baptism font in St Mary's church, Langham. Octagonal in shape, the carving style suggests it may be 19th century.

"St Mary's is a lovely country church on the edge of Dedham Vale, beside the manor house of Langham Hall. The church featured in several of artist John Constable's best known works. The oldest part of the building dates to the 12th century with the addition of a 13th century tower and 14th century chancel. The material is rubble and flint trimmed with limestone, and Roman brick is used in several places.

In the chancel are a pair of late 17th century monuments, one to William Umfraville (d. 1679) and other to his son Charles, who died in 1696. On the wall is a royal coat of arms to Charles II, dated 1660. There are two early medieval chests in the vestry; one 13th century and an earlier 12th century version created from a single oak log. In the wall of the south aisle is a 14th century tomb recess and a piscina of a similar age."

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