Newton nr. Wisbech / Newton-in-the-Isle

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design element - architectural - window - cinquefoiled - 6

Scene Description: on the stem; window or panel

Image Source: digital photograph by Mark Ynys-Mon, 2006, in Cambridgeshire Churches [http://www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/newton-in-the-isle.htm] [accessed 18 November 2007]

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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symbol - shield - blank - in an octafoil - 6

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01396NEW

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Church Location: Church Lane, Newton, Cambridgeshire PE13 5HL

Country Name: England

Location: Cambridgeshire, East

Directions to Site: Located 7 km N of Wisbech

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely

Historical Region: Hundred of Wisbech

Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ben Colburn and Mark Ynys-Mon, of Cambridgeshire Churches [www.druidic.org/camchurch] for the information on, and photographs of church and font]

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No individual entry for a Newton in Cambridgeshire found in the Domesday survey. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Early English period here, a noteworthy example [NB: C&H do not specify which of the two Newtons in Cambs this refers to, but it is more likely that it is the font in the parish church of St. James in Newton, near Wisbech, also known as Newton-in-the-Isle]. Kelly's Directory of this county for 1929 mention "an Early font" [probably meant as "Early English"]. The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 4, 2002) notes: "The advowson of the church has always been with the Bishop of Ely, and like most of the churches on episcopal manors, Newton was never appropriated. [...] The fabric is of late-12th-century origin, to which period belong the columns of the nave arcades. [...] The 15th-century font has a hexagonal bowl, the sides of which have sunk quatrefoils containing blank shields; the shaft is panelled." The VCH (ibid.) further notes of a late-19th century restoration of this church, at which time "the font was removed from the centre of the cross aisles to the south aisle", but it is not clear from this source whether it was the 15th-century font that was removed and then re-installed. Pevsner (1970) has: "Font. Big, octagonal, Perp[endicular], with a traceried stem and a bowl with large elaborate quatrefoils carrying shields." Described and illustrated in Cambridgeshire Churches (2006): "Up at the west end there is a Perpendicular font with quite rich carving: the bowl and stem are both hexagonal, with deeply cut quatrefoils containing shields." [NB: the font is definitely hexagonal]. [We are grateful to Ben Colburn and Mark Ynys-Mon, of Cambridgeshire Churches [www.druidic.org/camchurch] for the information on, and photographs of church and font]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.709912, 0.13009

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 42′ 35.68″ N, 0° 7′ 48.32″ E

UTM: 31U 306132 5843866

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

Drainage Notes: lead lining

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2005-03-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907

Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1929

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970