Wentworth nr. Cambridge / Winteworde
Results: 3 records
design element - motifs - foliage - stiff-leaf
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Humphrey, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 May 2014 by Richard Humphrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3984063] [accessed 25 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © mym, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 April 2005 by mym [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4321] [accessed 25 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 01398WEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Main Street, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire CB6 3QL
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located just S of the A142, 7 km WSW of Ely, 24-25 km N of Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Ely 2 [in Domesday] -- Hundred of South Witchford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Wentworth [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL4878/wentworth/] [accessed 25 April 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The British Museum Catalogue of manuscripts, [etc.] (1844+ ) records: "Sketches, in pencil, of the octagonal stone font on pillars [...] drawn by Samuel Lysons, Esq.: 5 in. x 4 in. [Add. 9461. fol. 75]". Cox & Harvey (1907) include the noteworthy baptismal font at Wentworth St Peter's among the best Early English fonts in the county. Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. C13, with stiff leaf decoration below the bowl." The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 4, 2002) notes: "The existence of a church on the site in the 12th century is proved by the reset north and south doorways. The chancel was rebuilt, probably on an extended scale, in the 13th century, and the tower added a century later. [...] The 13th-century font has a plain octagonal bowl resting on five shafts, and there is leaf foliage under the bowl."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.384508,
0.174639
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 23′ 4.23″ N,
0° 10′ 28.7″ E
UTM: 31U 307723 5807562
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-04-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
British Museum, Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum, London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1844-
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970