Whittlesey No. 2 / Whittlesea / Witesle

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Richard Humphrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3219029] [accessed 18 April 2016]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13261WHI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew

Church Address: B1040, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire PE7 1DB

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 pre-1169 church here)

Font Notes: Click to view

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. Noted in the Victoria County History (Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 4, 2002): "St. Andrew's church was given to Ely priory by Bishop Niel (1133-69) to provide for the precentor and the care of the library. [...] This church was worth £10 in 1217 [...] The earliest surviving work is found in the west end of the south aisle, which dates from the middle of the 13th century [...] The font and other fittings are modern and poor". [NB: according to the VCH (ibid.) the original church goes back to at least 1169 [cf. supra], but we have no information on the earlier font of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 694372 5826665

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.555293, -0.132758

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 33′ 19.06″ N, 0° 7′ 57.93″ W

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.