Little Paxton
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2011
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view of church exterior - south 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
FontID: 18018PAX
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Church Location: High Street, Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6NF
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of St. Neots
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely [formerly in the Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire -- Hundred of Toseland
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photograph of this church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Huntingdon, vol. 2, 1932) notes: "The church is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey (1086), but a stone church was standing here towards the end of the 12th century, of which considerable parts of the chancel walls remain, together with the reset south door of the church. [...] Little Paxton is a chapelry belonging to the church of Great Paxton. [...] Before 1279, the free-tenants of Little Paxton gave 30 acres of their demesne lands to the mother church, in order to found a chantry in the chapel to provide for the administration of all sacraments, etc., only burials being reserved to the rector. [...] The 13th-century font is a plain octagon standing on a square central and three octagonal shafts. It has a 17th-century oak cover repaired with deal." The font cover is painted.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 687202 5792452
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century?
Material:
wood,
oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-04-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.