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INFORMATION

FontID: 18011ABB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: High Street, Abbotsley, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6UJ
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located on the B1046, 6 km from St. Neots, 23 km from Cambridge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire -- Hundred of Toseland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "Although there was a church here about 1138 the earliest architectural evidence seems to follow after the suit of 1272, when the abbot of Jedworth established his right to it. The chancel arch of this period, with a south arcade and aisle of c. 1300–10, possibly suggests the date of the first stone church on the site. [...] The 13th-century font has an octagonal bowl on a high octagonal base." The VCH (ibid.) further notes "an early 16th-century stoup just east of" the original south doorway of this church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.1935, -0.2053
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 11′ 36.6″ N, 0° 12′ 19.08″ W
UTM: 30U 691011 5786242

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-04-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.