Waithe / Wade
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Martin's church, Waithe. St Martin’s church is Grade I listed and is of Saxon origin with a late Saxon tower. The tower forms the crossing between the nave and chancel and there is also a transept to the south containing a small vestry and porch. The Victorian rebuilding in 1861 was by James Fowler [...] The earliest part of the church, the tower, was erected in the 11th century. This has a late Saxon appearance – with its twin bell openings – but the shafts are topped off with Norman details. The church tower actually stands at the point of the crossover of Saxon and Norman cultures. The Church now under care of Churches conservation trust."
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Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2012 by Julian P Guffogg [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3025893] [accessed 21 April 2023]
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view of church interior - chancel
Scene Description: Source caption: "View to the chancel from the crossing below the 11th century tower of St.Martin's church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 1 February 2008 by Richard Croft [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/676145] [accessed 21 April 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00795WAI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Church Ln, Waithe, Grimsby DN36 5PR, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A16, in the municiplaity and 8 km S of Grimsby, about 15 km NNW of Louth, 55-60 km ENE of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Haverstoe [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church Notes: 10thC church with later modifications and 19thC restoration -- now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
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There are four entries for Waithe [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TA2800/waithe/] [accessed 19 April 2023] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Bond (1908) notes it as one of a number of sculptured fonts "which have been credited with undue antiquity, owing to the rudeness or uncouthness of their ornament; but it by no means follows that what is archaic is always ancient", and suggests a dating around the 12th century [cf. infra]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TA2837100706] notes: "Parish church. C10, C11, C13, restored 1861 […] All fittings are from 1861 including the drum font lightly carved in semblance of C12 work." The present font is probably Victorian.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.4874,
-0.0666
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 29′ 14.64″ N,
0° 3′ 59.76″ W
UTM: 30U 694613 5930498
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
