Colne nr. Somersham / Collen / Colneye
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the ruins of the old church, practically hidden in the overgrowth, and the old churchyard
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fractal Angel, 2007[in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2007 by Fractal Angel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/443934] [accessed 20 April 2012]
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: the modern church [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 June 2011 by TheRevSteve [www.flickr.com/photos/therevsteve/6481487211/] [accessed 20 April 2012]
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view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © James Yardley, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2007 by James Yardley [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2157592] [accessed 20 April 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12159COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen [originally from old St Helen's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Helena
Church Location: 6 Drury Lane, Colne, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3NU
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SSE of Somersham, 9 km NE of St Ives, 24 km N of Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire -- Hundred of Hurstingstone
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Huntingdonshire, vol. 2, 1932) entry for the old St Helen's church notes: "The south wall of the chancel and the two eastern responds of the nave arcades were of the 13th century. The rest of the church was mainly of 14th-century date [...] The font was a plain octagonal bowl probably of 14th-century date, on a circular shaft." This same source reports that, after the tower collapsed on 24 April 1896 "and practically destroyed the church, [...] a new church was built on another site, [...] but a few ancient stones have been reused in places. The ancient font remains".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 296409 5805288
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: 2006-09-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.