Witchford / Wiceford / Wicceford / Wycheford

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © St. Andrews Parish, 2006

Image Source: drawing in St Andrews Parish web site [www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1907/summer/tuxford2.htm]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10048WIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Main Street, Witchford, Cambridgeshire CB6 2HQ
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A142, 5 km W of Ely
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Ely 1 [in Domesday] -- Hundred of South Witchford
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the church ca 1929
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Early English
There is an entry for Witchford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL5078/witchford/] [accessed 25 April 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Kelly's directory of 1929 reports a baptismal font here, possibly Norman [source: www.genuki.org/big/eng/CAM/Witchford/]. The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 4, 2002) notes: "Between 1219 and 1224 Bishop de Fontibus granted the church to the prior and convent and ordained a vicarage of 5 marks value, [...] Pope Honorius III confirming the grant in the latter year. [...] The tower is of the 13th century arid is the survival of an earlier church. [...] The 14th-century font has a plain octagonal bowl with a round shaft and base." Described with a drawing in the St Andrew's Parish web site [www.ely.anglican.org/parishes/witchf/StAndrews_Witchford_History.html], as a contemporary of the tower, dated 1150 AD. [cf. supra] The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain tapering sides, raised on a cylindrical shaft and a round lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.385706, 0.207028
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 23′ 8.54″ N, 0° 12′ 25.3″ E
UTM: 31U 309932 5807610

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-04-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.