Colney / Coleneia [Domesday] / Colenen / Colneye

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Results: 22 records

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B01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary - John the Evangelist

Scene Description: on the east side of the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B02: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull - with scroll

Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B03: design element - motifs - floral - square flower

Scene Description: on the north side of the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B04: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with scroll

Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B05: Apostle or saint - St. Edmund - martyrdom

Scene Description: on the west side of the basin -- identification is tentative; the standing male figure on the left appears to have several arrows shot though his body; other than a representation od St. Sebastian, St. Edmund. king and martyr, suffered martyrdom thus, and was later decapitated, according to legend; the kneeling figure appears to be female (is this a scene symbolising the donation of the font in the honour of St. Edmund?)

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B06: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle - with scroll

Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B07: design element - motifs - floral - square flower

Scene Description: on the south side of the basin

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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B08: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion - with scroll

Scene Description: on the southeast side of the basin; notice the damage to the upper moulding

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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design element - motifs - floral - square flower

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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design element - motifs - vine - grapevine? - bearing fruit

Scene Description: in the semi-circles made by the piping

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of basin - east side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of basin - northeast side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of basin - northwest side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of basin - southeast side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of basin - southwest side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of basin - west side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1931 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/C/Colney St Andrew's church tower from SW [B200] 1931-00-00.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Photo caption: "Round tower is probably pre-conquest"

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 27 April 1937 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/C/Colney St Andrew's church from SW [1548] 1937-04-27.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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view of font and cover in context - east side

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph [edited] taken 21 April 2010 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/colney/colney.htm] [accessed 27 March 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 12574COL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Old Watton Road, Colney, Norfolk, NR4 7TW

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located on the B1108, 5 km SW of Norwich

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Humble-Yard

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave

Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Evangelists' font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church and font; we are also grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photographs of this church taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1931 and 1937

Church Notes: round-tower church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church is dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle [...] The church consists of a nave only, which is 17 yards long, and 7 broad; the chancel is 10 yards long and 7 broad; it hath a round steeple tiled at top, in which are two bells." Blomefield (ibid.) names "Henry de Norwich" as the first recorded rector, in 1302, and cites three entries in Domesday (fol. 168, 210 under "Coleneia'; fol. 138 as 'Colenen'). Noted in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 as a "richly sculptured" baptismal font. White's Norfolk directory of 1883 informs that "the font has been beautifully restored". Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "C15. Octagonal. On a base of Maltese cross shape. Against the stem fleurons in sunk panels. Against the bowl the signs of the Evangelists, the Crucifixion, Baptism, and two flowers." Knott (2010) makes an interesting comment on this font and its iconographic programme: "The great treasure of the church is the late medieval font. It is an exotic species - I do not think there is another like it in East Anglia. It features the signs of the four Evangelists carved characterfully, the winged lion, bull and eagle taking off with their scrolls in their mouths, the angel of St Matthew holding his in front of him. Facing east is a very good Crucifixion scene, but the most extraordinary panel is that which faces west. It shows a hooded figure standing next to what appears to be a man tied to a post with arrows sticking out of his body. Now, this being East Anglia, your first instinct might be that it is intended to represent St Edmund, but the imagery is so close to that of St Sebastian that I think that is who it is meant to be; and, given that this is such an unusual font, it raises the suggestion that this font did not come from Colney originally, and possibly not even from elsewhere in East Anglia." The panels of the basin sides are deeply carved; aside from the cruciform plinth, the font design is of the type where the underbowl of the basin makes asmooth transiction into the pedestal without a marked break; below graded moulding at the top of the underbowl, the panels are decorated with a running vine within clearly demarkated divisions by the vertical piping; this piping continues down to to end of the stem; there is square flower on each side of the stem; the lower base splays minimally and is otherwise plain. There is some damage to the corners of the basin but the font is otherwise in very good condition. The scene with the Crucifixion faces the altar, probably its original orientation.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.625753, 1.220551

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 37′ 32.71″ N, 1° 13′ 13.99″ E

UTM: 31U 379556 5832126

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: transcription not available

Inscription Location: there are some incised letters on the arms of the cross

LID INFORMATION

Date: 20th century

Material: wood, particle board

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; unadorned and unpainted particle board

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2013-03-27 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999

White, William, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, [s.l.]: [printed for the author], 1883