Whittlesey No. 2 / Whittlesea / Witesle
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13261WHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: B1040, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire PE7 1DB
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
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
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. 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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.555293,
-0.132758
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 33′ 19.06″ N,
0° 7′ 57.93″ W
UTM: 30U 694372 5826665
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2007-12-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.