Cheveley / Chavelai

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4 - in a shield

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symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the instruments of the Passion

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The parish church of Cheveley. Dedicated to St. Mary and the Holy Host of Heaven, this impressive cruciform church that dates back to the early 14th century, has a remarkable central tower that is square at the base and octagonal at the top."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Edwards, 2011

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 April 2011 by Robert Edwards [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2353238] [accessed 12 July 2016]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stuart Shepherd, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2009 Stuart Shepherd [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1429384] [accessed 12 July 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10696CHE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and the Holy Host of Heaven
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & the Holy Host
Church Location: Church Lane, Cheveley, Cambridgeshire CB8 9DG
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Newmarket
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Cheveley
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
There are two entries for Cheveley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL6860/cheveley/] [accessed 12 July 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner (1970) writes: "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], panels with shields carrying [...] the Instruments of the Passion and the Signs of the Evangelists." The Victoria County History (Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 10, 2002) notes: "The church had a cruciform plan by the later 13th century […] 15th-century font." A recent photograph of this font in the web site of the Cambridge Historic Churches Trust [www.cambshistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/gallery.htm] [accessed 18 October 2007] shows it is brightly painted.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.219669, 0.463785
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 13′ 10.81″ N, 0° 27′ 49.63″ E
UTM: 31U 326755 5788502

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2005-02-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cambridgeshire, Harmonsworth: Penguin, 1970