Marton nr. Stoke-on-Trent No. 1 / Meretone / Merutune

There are two entries for this Marton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ8468/marton/] [accessed 3 October 2019], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907: 189) write: "The font of Marton is remarkable. It is a large leaden four-sided bason, with wooden supports, on a stone base, and enclosed in wood, with wood and iron cover. It is thus described in Mr. Atkinson's additions (1893) to Sir Stephen Glynne's notes. But this strange and incongruous pretext for a font must be modern, for Sir Stephen Glynne, in 1853, entered 'the font a plain octagonal bowl.' We suppose the old octagon was swept away during a restoration of 1871. It would not have been worth while noting this 'font' in any way, only it has more than once, of late years, been blunderingly added to the list of old lead fonts." Tyrrell-Green (1928: 142) calls it "a restoration, the woodwork being of a modern type." Pevsner (1971) notes: "Font, square, of timber, High Victorian. It may date from the time of Butterfield's restoration" [i.e., 1871]. Richards (1973) writes: "The font is interesting, being a shallow wooden bowl, with a lead trough fitted inside." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ8502467994] notes; "Church. c1370. Restored by J M Derick in 1850 and by William Butterfield in 1871"; no font mentioned. [cf. Index entry for Marton No. 2 for the earlier font from this church]