Shingay / Scelgei

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20602SHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [later All Saints'] [demolished late-17thC]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [later All Saints]
Church Notes: original church here demolished late-17thC; later a chapel built, but also demolished [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The hamlet of Shingay is located off (S) the B1042, just W of Wendy, 8 NNW of Royston
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Ely]
Historical Region: Hundred of Harringford
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the pre-1086 church here [cf. FontNotes])
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingay
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Shingay [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL3047/shingay/] [accessed 8 June 2016], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Cambridge..., vol. 8, 1982) notes: "Possibly before 1086 earl Roger gave the church and tithes of Shingay to the abbey of St. Martin of Séez (Orne). [...] It had been pulled down by 1697 when a new chapel was built by Lord Orford in the moated site. [...] The chapel was described as disused by the late 18th century, and ruinous in 1825. The last remnants had been taken down by 1836"; there is no font mentioned in the VCH entry.

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.