Emneth / Enemeth / Enmeth

There is no entry for Emneth/Enmeth in the Domesday survey. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "E[mneth], or E[nemeth], [...] is an hamlet in the parish of Elm in Cambridgeshire, and the isle of Ely; but this hamlet being in Freebridge hundred and in the county of Norfolk [...] To this hamlet belongs a large chapel, larger than most churches, having a nave, north and south isle, and a chancel dedicated to St. Edmund the King and Martyr. Elm is the mother-church, has a rector, and a vicar, both in the pationage of the see of Ely; the rectory is a sinecure". Blomefield (ibid.) names "Walter de Kirkham, rector about 1250" as first-recorded rector, and "Peter occurs vicar about 1254". The Ecclesiologist (XXVIII, 1867: 8) unexplicably notes the font here as "well designed, but plain". Described in Pevsner & Wilson (1999): "Perp[endicular], octagonal, with tracery and foliage motifs. Also an angel with a shield." Described and illustrated in Simon Knott (2005): "a good traceried font of the late 15th century". The font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with varied tracery patterns, the underbowl with graded mouldings, on an octagonal pedestal base decorated with foiled panels and moulded lower part, on a two-step plinth with kneeling extension. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern.