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

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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

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Image Source: digital image in the CRSBI [www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/1295/] [accessed 18 May 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10727HOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: West Wickham Rd, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire CB1 6QA
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
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 Location in Church: now part of the external wall of the vestry
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.10142, 0.35358
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 6′ 5.11″ N, 0° 21′ 12.89″ E
UTM: 31U 318748 5775623

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. Accessed: 2005-03-04 00:00:00. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.