Newnham nr. Daventry

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14492NEW
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Church St, Newnham, Daventry NN11 3ET, UK -- Tel.: (01327) 858018
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B4037, 3 km S of Daventry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
No individual entry found for this Newnham in the Domesday. The present baptismal font at St. Michael's appears to be a 19th-century goblet-shaped one in the style of the Decorated period. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP5809759727 ] notes: "Church. C14 and C15 with C13 origins, restored C19. [...] North door within has C13 double-chamfered pointed arch with inner arch resting on moulded capitals and shafts; hood mould with saw-tooth ornament"; there is no font mentioned in this entry. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church; there may have been a later one of the late 14th- or early 15th-century]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.23257, -1.15
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 13′ 57.25″ N, 1° 9′ 0″ W
UTM: 30U 626339 5788518