Newmarket

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01419NEW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Ln, Newmarket CB8 0HP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1638 660729
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 25 km ENE of Cambridge
Font Notes:
Parker (1855) reports a font of the Perpendicular period in this church. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period, a noteworthy example. [NB: some pre-1988 sources put St. Mary's in Cambridgeshire, although St. Mary's belonged historically to Suffolk, whereas All Saints' was in Cambridgeshire]. Illustrated in context in Knott (2007?). The font, located at the west end of the central nave, is octagonal, the basin with shields and floral motifs in foiled panels of the sides; on an octagonal pedestal base with decorated sides (tracery?) and a modern plinth. The wooden cover is an octagonal pyramid; appears modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 691829 5801512
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.330332, -0.184661
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 19′ 49.19″ N, 0° 11′ 4.78″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 188
  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]