Woolley nr. Huntingdon / Ulvelai / Wlfleg / Wolfleg / Wolle / Wolley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14019WOO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 10 km NW of Huntingdon

Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire

Additional Comments: altered font: new stem and lower base

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in the Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 3, 1936): "The 15th-century font has an octagonal panelled bowl with a deeply splayed under edge, and a modern stem and base. It has a plain 17th-century cover."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 683489 5804097

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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