Downham nr. Ely / Duneham / Little Downham / Ouneham

Results: 6 records

design element - architectural - arcade - blind

Scene Description: on the stem of the base

design element - motifs - floral - rosette - in a quatrefoil - 8

Scene Description: one per panel of the octagonal basin

view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 2009 by Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/ltdownham.htm] [accessed 13 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 2009 by Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/ltdownham.htm] [accessed 13 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 2009 by Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/ltdownham.htm] [accessed 13 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 2009 by Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches/ltdownham.htm] [accessed 13 April 2016]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 01405DOW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: Church Way, Downham, Cambridgeshire CB6 2ST
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located on the B1411, just W of the A10, a few km NNW of Ely
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Ely 2
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Early Perpendicular?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ben Colburn & Mark Ynys-Mon [www.druidic.org/camchurch/churches] for their information and photographs of this church
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Downham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL5284/downham/] [accessed 13 April 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Decorated period here. Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with blank arches against the stem and the coving below the bowl and quatrefoils with rosettes on the sides of the bowl." The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 4, 2002) notes: "The fabric dates from the end of the 12th century with later additions and alterations. [...] The font is of the 15th century with octagonal bowl and shaft, all richly panelled with quatrefoils and shallow trefoiled niches". Described in the Cambridgeshire Churches web site [www.druidic.org/camchurch]: "The font is quite a pleasant octagonal affair with panelling on all the faces. The stem has small blind arches, and the bowl itself is decorated with quatrefoils." [NB: the latter source and several others have the location as "Little Downham"]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.43358, 0.24326
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 26′ 0.89″ N, 0° 14′ 35.74″ E
UTM: 31U 312601 5812839

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: 2006-09-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970