Somersham nr. Huntindon No. 1 / Sumeresham / Summersham / Summersum / Sumresham
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the modern font and cover in the foreground
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18006SOM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Church Street, Somersham, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3EG
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NE of St. Ives, 15 km NE of Huntingdon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly in Huntingdonshire -- Hundred of Hurstingstone
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Parker (1851) reports a a font with "a plain round bowl" in this church. This font was probably the earlier replaced by modern one donated to the church by Dr. Ollivant [cf. infra]. Kelly's 1903 Directory of Huntingdonshire reports a modern font in this church: "the font was given by Dr. [Alfred] Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff (1849-83), and formerly rector here". The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "No church was mentioned in Somersham in the Domesday Survey, but doubtless a church existed on the land of Ely Abbey. [...] The present church was gradually built from east to west during the latter half of the 13th century and the first few years of the 14th century. [...] The stone font is modern." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.381355,
-0.00331
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 22′ 52.88″ N,
0° 0′ 11.92″ W
UTM: 30U 703948 5807681
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-04-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Kelly, Kelly's Directory of Huntingdonshire, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1903
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England: Huntingdonshire, London: Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1851