St. Neots nr. Huntingdon / S. Neod / Saint Neots / St. Neot's / Villa Sancti Neoti

Gorman (1820) notes: "At the W[est] end of the N[orth] aisle is an octagonal stone font, devoid of ornament; it is, probably, of the same age as the church." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "The church is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey (1086), but a church appears to have existed about 1183, [...] although nothing of this early date survives. Parts of the chancel walls are of 13th-century date, and the north vestry is of the 14th century. The rest of the church seems to have been wholly rebuilt in the 15th century, [...] The 13th-century font has a heavy irregular octagonal bowl standing on a short circular stem." The Parish web site [http://stneots.org/history] [accessed 25 April 2012] notes: "In 1998 [...] The font was given its own water supply so that it may always be full." The entry for this church in Historic England [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1127971] [accessed 21 June 2021] notes: "II* C14-15. The church was restored in the C19 [...] almost wholly C15 in appearance [...] but much of what is visible is post-fire C20 restoration along the original lines [...] A few older fittings survived the fire, most notably the fine mid C12 Purbeck marble font, now painted white. It has a square bowl with intersecting round arched arcading, and stands on a modern central shaft and four corner shafts. The square base may also be C12. "