Houghton nr. Huntingdon / Hocton / Hoctune / Hoghton / Houghton with Wyton / Houton by St. Ives / Houtton
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view of font
Scene Description: the font said to be modern, but perhaps composite? [cf. FontNotes]
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: definitely modern
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unidentified
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Scene Description: are they heads? [cf. Font notes]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of font in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the north aisle
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12227HOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 9 Mill Street, Houghton, Cambridgeshire PE28 2AZ, UK
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1123, between Huntingdon and St. Ives
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire -- Hundred of Hurstingstone
Additional Comments: disappeared font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Huntingdonshire, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "There was a church at Houghton at the time of the Domesday Survey (1086), but there was then no priest. [...] Of the church mentioned in the Domesday Survey (1086) nothing remains, the earliest part of the present building being the chancel built in the mid 13th century. [...] The font is modern, octagonal with quatrefoil panels". [NB: the lower base of the font appears to be of much earlier date, the corners adorned with motifs now damaged or worn -- it is not, however, as early as the 11th century, the date of the original church here We have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 696282 5802207
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.