Marston Trussell / Mersitone

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian Rob, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 October 2010 by Ian Rob [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2136368] [accessed 16 April 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01776MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: present church 13th-14thC
Church Address: Main Street, Marston Trussell, Leicestershire, LE16 9TY
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A4304, WSW of Market Harborough, NNW of Northampton, SSE of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Peterborough
Historical Region: Hundred of Stotfold [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: Marston Trussell is in Norhamptonshire but, being near the border with Leicestershire, it is some times listed as Leics.
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Mraston [Trussell] [variant spelling in the Domesday Survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6985/marston-trussell/] [accessed 16 April 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) note a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here. Described in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with quatrefoils."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 637192 5814888
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.4669, -0.9804
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 28′ 0.84″ N, 0° 58′ 49.44″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 211
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973, p. 303