Marton nr. Stoke-on-Trent No. 2 / Meretone / Merutune
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - looking west
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view of font - northeast side
Scene Description: the 14th-15thC basin had been reported ca. 1920 as lying in the porch; it is now restored, mounted on a modern pedestal base and plinth
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Image Source: digital photograph in Cornish Churches [http://www.cornishchurches.com/Marton Church Cheshire - St. James and St. Paul/ppages/ppage2.htm] [accessed 3 October 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05962MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James and St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. James & St. Paul
Church Location: Congleton Rd, Marton, Macclesfield SK11 9HF, UK -- Tel.: +44 1260 224447
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located of the A34, 5-6 km N of Congleton, about 20 km N of Stoke-on-Trent, S of Manchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Hamestan
Font Location in Church: [Reported in the porch ca. 1928]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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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. Tyrrell-Green (1928: 30) lists it as one in a very large group of baptismal fonts of the 14th or 15th century that are plain octagonal with straightsided basins; only the basin remains and it was reported lying in the porch ca. 1928. [NB: there is no mention of this object in Pevsner (1971)]. [cf. Index entry for Marton No. 1 for the Victorian font (wood and metal) in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.2088, -2.2257
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 12′ 31.68″ N, 2° 13′ 32.52″ W
UTM: 30U 551712 5895778
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [base missing]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928