Wentworth nr. Cambridge / Winteworde
Results: 3 records
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
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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01398WEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Main Street, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire CB6 3QL
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: The Cambridgeshire Churches mentions the font after Pevsner but Ben & Mark did not actually see it, promising to return [checked 18 Dec 2007] -- rechecked April 2016: web site [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/wentworth.htm] has not been updated
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31U 307723 5807562
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.384508, 0.174639
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 23′ 4.23″ N, 0° 10′ 28.7″ E
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-. 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-, p. 227
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 187, 188
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970, p. 477