Whittlesey No. 1 / Whittlesea / Witesle
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view of church exterior - west view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13260WHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Manor View, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire PE7 1BG
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located off the A605, 10 km ESE of Peterborough
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: Hundred of Ely 1 [in Domesday] -- Hundred of North Witchford
Date: ca. 1217?
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There are two entries for Whitsseley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL2697/whittlesey/] [accessed 18 April 2016], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 4, 2002) notes: "St. Mary's, the church of the Thorney manor, was from an early date appropriated to the monastic kitchen. [...] Its value was £13 6s. 8d. in 1217 [...] The two churches stand less than a quarter of a mile apart, and from 1570 to 1815 were served by the same incumbent. [...] St. Mary's was reckoned the senior church [...] The font is modern and poor". [NB: according to the VCH (ibid.) the original church goes back to the mid-13th century, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.555838,
-0.127424
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 33′ 21.02″ N,
0° 7′ 38.72″ W
UTM: 30U 694731 5826740
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2007-12-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.