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INFORMATION

FontID: 10855CAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Kyneburga
Church Patron Saints: St. Kyneburga [aka Kyneburgha]
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located W of Peterborough, in the Soke of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Northamptonshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century [basin only] [composite font?] [re-constructed?], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: According to Mee (1945) a Saxon church existed on this site: did it house a font? The stone work was apparently re-used by the Normans to build their church
Noted in Mee (1945): "The weather-worn font is 14th century and has been brought in from the churchyard." Reconstructed baptismal font; the stem of the base, the lower base and the plinth are modern, very recent. The basin is egg-shaped but has four very prominent bulges at 90-degree angles, top to bottom. This basin has been reconstructed from fragments, as is clearly evident from the breakage lines. The flat wooden cover is modern as well. Listed and illustrated in The Digital Atlas of England web site [www.viewbuildings.com]. Not noted in Pevsner (1970). [NB: Mee (1945) informs that two earlier churches, one Saxon and one Norman existed on the site; we have no information on the baptismal fonts from those churchs]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945