Potton / Potone
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view of font - northwest side
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view of font - northeast side
Scene Description: the cover is off the font, on the bench west of it
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view of font in context - east side
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view of font in context - west side
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view of basin - underbowl - detail
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view of basin's top
Scene Description: note the modern cement lining
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01244POT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Mary the Virgin the Virgin [aka Our Lady's]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Hatley Road, Potton, Bedfordshire, SG19 2RP
Site Location: Bedfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the B1040-B1042 junction, 4-5 km NE of Biggleswade, 35 km WSW of Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Biggleswade
Additional Comments: altered font: restored font: the inner well has been re-lined, and it has been furnished with modern cover and plinth
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2: 1908) notes: "No part of the present building appears to be older than the first half of the thirteenth century [...] The font, which stands at the west end of the nave, is circular and quite plain, and though undoubtedly ancient is of uncertain date." The font consists of a plain cylindrical basin of vertical sides raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base; the basin inner well has been reconstructed and lined; the square lower base and the round wooden cover are both modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson for the photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 691140 5778994
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.12837, -0.20749
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 7′ 42.13″ N, 0° 12′ 26.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [modern cement lining]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and plain with metal ornaments
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 186