Doddington nr. Ely / Dodinton
Results: 3 records
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the capitals and bases of the base columns [cf. Font notes]
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Humphrey, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 December 2012 by Richard Humphrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3262207] [accessed 14 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Kelly, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 pril 2010 by Dave Kelly [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3215993] [accessed 14 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 01393DOD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 1 Church Lane, Doddington PE15 0TA
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off the A141, 5-6 kms S of March, about 24 kms WNW of Ely
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of of Ely 1 [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Witchford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Doddington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL4090/doddington/] [accessed 14 April 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Early English period here, a noteworthy example. The Victoria County History (Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 4, 2002) notes: "The chancel and part of the north aisle belong to the middle of the 13th century. There was a great reconstruction about a century later [...] In the second half of the 19th century there was an extensive restoration [...] The 13th-century font has a plain octagonal bowl resting on a central and four angle shafts, with moulded caps and bases"; the VCH (ibid.) further notes a 19th-century "gilt wooden font designed for a private chapel or oratory" in the Doddington rectory. [NB: the 1949 church interior plan reproduced in the VCH does not include the font]. According to VCH (ibid.), the churches at Benwick and Wimblington are both Victorian, the one at Benwick replacing an unconsecrated chapel of the 17th century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.494892,
0.06105
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 29′ 41.61″ N,
0° 3′ 39.78″ E
UTM: 31U 300495 5820145
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2007-10-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907