Barnwell

INFORMATION

FontID: 13191BAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew the Less [aka Abbey Church or Priory Church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off the Newmarket Rd., justt W of the airport; it is now a suburb of Cambridge
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Noted in Paley's Guide (1844): "a plain octagonal font".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Paley, Frederick Apthorp, The Ecclesiologist's guide to the churches within a circuit of seven miles round Cambridge, with introductory remarks, London; Cambridge: J. van Voorst; Metcalfe and Palmer, 1844