Haddenham No. 2 / Hadreham

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01415HAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Church Lane, Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3TB
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction A1123-A1421, 17 km N of Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Ely [in Domesday] -- Hundred of South Witchford
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Haddenham [variant spelling] in te Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL4675/haddenham/] [accessed 24 September 2015], but it mentions neither cleric not church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) include the noteworthy baptismal font at Haddenham among the best Perpendicular fonts in the county. Kelly's Directory of this county for 1929 writes: "the font in use, a 14th century work, is curiously carved, but in the south porch stands an earlier and perfectly plain font, which was dug up in the churchyard, and is presumed to have belonged to the former church". Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], four griffins seated against the stem, demi-figures of angels and rosettes on the bowl". [cf. Index entry for Haddenham No. 1 for a plain font of earlier date in the south porch]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 305720 5804693
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.35804, 0.146904
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 21′ 28.94″ N, 0° 8′ 48.85″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 188
  • Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1929, [unavailable]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970, p. 400