Hail Weston / Hailweston / Heilweston / Halewestan
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18014HAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late?), Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17544248
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: High Street, Hail Weston, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5JP
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Southoe, 3 km NW of St. Neots, 3 km SE of Kimbolton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire -- Hundred of Toseland
Additional Comments: painted font?
Font Notes:
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The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "The church, which is a chapelry to Southoe, appears to have been originally built in the 13th century [...] was completely restored in 1884 [...] The late 13th-century font is a plain octagon on an octagonal stem and a square base, and shows some signs of having been coloured."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photograph of this church
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.