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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10855CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [basin only] [composite font?] [re-constructed?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Kyneburga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17528616
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Kyneburga [aka Kyneburgha]
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
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located W of Peterborough, in the Soke of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Northamptonshire
Additional Comments: recycled font: basin reconstructed from fragments -- base modern -- disappeared font(s)?: the font(s) from the earlier Saxon and Norman churches on this site
Font Notes:
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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, [http://northamptoncastle.homeip.net/northampton/books/Arthur%20Mee.htm] [accessed 17 October 2006]