Hilgay / Halingheia [Domesday] / Hidlingheia / Hidlingeiam / Hilgey

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: photograph caption: "Grey brick tower built 1794. Body of church restored by Street in 1869-70"

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 31 October 1993 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/H/Hilgay All Saints church from SE [7091] 1993-10-31.jpg] [accessed 21 August 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simnon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hilgay/hilgay.htm] [accessed 21 August 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simnon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hilgay/hilgay.htm] [accessed 21 August 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simnon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hilgay/hilgay.htm] [accessed 21 August 2013]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph May 2006 taken by Simnon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/hilgay/hilgay.htm] [accessed 21 August 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15092HIL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Woodhall Road, Hilgay, Norfolk PE38 0JP

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 6 km S of Downham

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely

Historical Region: Hundred and half of Clackclose

Date: ca. 1200?

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Workshop/Group/Artisan: G.E. Street?

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church of Hilgey is dedicated to All-Saints, consisting of 2 isles, covered with lead, and a tower at the west end, built of rag-stone, &c. in which are 5 bells [...] 1307, John de Hengham, instituted rector; (fn. 8) presented by the abbot and convent of Ramsey. [...] In this parish, about a mile from the church, south-west, near the river Ouse, was the priory of Modeny, called now Modeney-Hall, and was a cell to Ramsey abbey." Pevsner & Wilson (1999) suggest the "stone bowl with cinquefoiled arcade and marble columns supporting it […] must be Street's" [i.e., G.E. Street, responsible for the mid-19th century renovation of the medieval church. Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006): "a grand Victorian marble job". The wooden cover is an octagonal pyramid, probably of the same period. The modern font is noted and illustrated in Knott (2006): "The font is a grand Victorian marble job, and matches the not quite so successful pulpit. They do seem a little outof place here, a reminder that Street's urban, sophisiticated style is sometimes a little uncomfortable in East Anglia." [NB: Pevsner & Wilson (1999) note the old tower of ca. 1200, but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.55673, 0.39205

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 33′ 24.23″ N, 0° 23′ 31.38″ E

UTM: 31U 323208 5826158

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th-century?

Material: wood,

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-06 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 2: North-West and South (2nd ed.), London: Penguin, 1999