Cockayne Hatley / Bury Hattele / Cokayne Hatley / Hatelai / Hatley Port / Hettenleia /

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2010 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18023COC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Cockayne Hatley, Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, SG19 2EA
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Potton, 10 km NE of Biggleswade, 15 km SE of St. Neots
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Biggleswade
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by one of the columns of the arcade that separates the nave from the S aisle
Century and Period: 15th century [re-carved], Perpendicular [altered?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photograph of this church
The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 2, 1908) notes: "There is no mention of this church in the Survey [i.e., Domesday, 1086], but it first appears as one of the fourteen churches which formed part of the original endowment of Newnham Priory, founded by Simon Beauchamp in 1166. [...] The earliest part of the church now existing is the north arcade of the nave, belonging to the latter part of the thirteenth century, and the north aisle probably retains its thirteenth-century width. [...] The font is octagonal, and was originally quite plain, but has been carved with quatrefoils in modern times. It dates from the fifteenth century. It formerly contained a dish of Italian majolica, which was used at christenings."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 694333 5779344

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-04-26 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.