Horseheath No. 2 / Horsei
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view of church exterior - vestry
Scene Description: the fragment is incorporated in the northwest corner, just left of the drain-pipe
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Image Source: digital image in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1295/] [accessed 18 May 2016]
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view of font - fragment
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 2016
Image Source: digital image in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1295/] [accessed 18 May 2016]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10727HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: now part of the external wall of the vestry
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: West Wickham Rd, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire CB1 6QA
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1307, half way between Linton and Havernhill, 20 km SE of Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Chilford
Font Notes:
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There are five entries for Horseheath [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL6147/horseheath/] [accessed 18 May 2016], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. The CRSBI (2016) refers to Johnson (1984) who "noted part of a font used as a corner stone for the N vestry". The fragment has diamond and/or chevron motif on it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 318748 5775623
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.10142, 0.35358
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 5.11″ N, 0° 21′ 12.89″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.