Marston Moretaine / Marston Mortaine / Marston Morteyne / Mercstun / Merestone / Mershtone / Merstone / Merstone Morteyne
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Mary's, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. The tower is separate from the rest of the church and is out of picture."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nick Macneill, 1994
Image Source: photograph taken 19 May 1994 by nick macneill [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2172721] [accessed 18 September 2015]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Marston Moretaine Church. The church is odd in that the churchtower is a short distance from the main church building!"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Simkins, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2003 by Alan Simkins [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/810] [accessed 18 September 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01275MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end, centre aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: detached tower: located 70 ft from the N wall of the church
Church Address: Church Walk, Marston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire MK43 0NR
Site Location: Bedfordshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A421, 6 km NW of Ampthill, 12-13 km SSW of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Redbornestoke
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the original one from the mid-14th century church?)
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Marston [Moretaine] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9941/marston-moretaine/] [accessed 18 September 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The chancel, vestry and tower date from c. 1340, but all the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century and the chancel remodelled. [...] The 15th-century font stands in one of the bays of the north arcade and has an octagonal panelled bowl on a modern stem." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period [NB: C&H use "Marston Mortaine"; Crockford's uses "Marston Morteyne"]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 667945 5770873
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.062951, -0.550012
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 3′ 46.63″ N, 0° 33′ 0.04″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 186