Blunham / Blounham / Bluneham

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view of basin - interior

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09801BLU

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Edmund or St. James

Church Patron Saints: St. Edmund the Martyr [aka Edmund of East Anglia] or St. James

Church Location: Park Lane, Blunham, Central Bedfordshire MK44 3NJ

Country Name: England

Location: Bedfordshire, East

Directions to Site: Located off the A1, just NW of Sandy, about 12 km E of Bedford

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans

Historical Region: Hundred of Wichestanestou [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Wixamtree

Font Location in Church: Inside the nave, at the W end of the N aisle

Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com for the photograph of this font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There are three entries for Blunham [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL1551/blunham/] [accessed 16 September 2015], none of which mention cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "Blunham Church belonged to John de Hastings, first Lord Abergavenny, [...] and at an inquisition held in 1313 after his death the advowson was valued at £20 yearly. [...] The earliest part of the church is the lower part of the tower, probably c. 1100 [...] The font, at the west end of the north aisle, has an octagonal bowl, possibly 15th-century work, on a modern base." Octagonal mounted baptismal font; the octagonal basin of vertical sides and rounded underbowl appears strangely plain, as if it had been re-tooled, and showing clear signs of restoration or repair; inner well lined with lead, the lining new; the basin is raised on a plain and short cylindrical shaft, and an octagonal lower base imitating the square cushion capital shape, both modern; octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. Wodden cover shaped with eight ribs joining at the finial, without central pivot.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.146084, -0.317126

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 8′ 45.9″ N, 0° 19′ 1.66″ W

UTM: 30U 683564 5780681

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: four?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: lead-lined

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-10-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.