Whittlesey No. 1 / Whittlesea / Witesle
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view of church exterior - west view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 March 2010 by Wayland Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4497141] [accessed 18 April 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13260WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1217?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Manor View, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire PE7 1BG
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the church hare taxed in 1217)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 694731 5826740
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.555838, -0.127424
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 33′ 21.02″ N, 0° 7′ 38.72″ W
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.