Marton St. Cuthbert / Marton-in-Cleveland / Marton nr. Middleborough / Martona / Martun / Martune

There are three entries for Marton [in Cleveland] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/NZ5115/marton-in-cleveland/] [accessed 3 October 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Whellan (1859) reports that some windows ''and a handsome font, were presented by J.B. Rudd, Esq., of Tolesby'' to the church of St. Cuthbert about 1848. The 'This is the North East - Communigate' site [www.communigate.co.uk] page for the Paris of Marton St. Cuthbert's informs: "On the left you will see the font. Unfortunately this is not the original medieval font, this probably was disposed of during the re-building during the 1840's. The present font dates from this time and carved round the outside you will see symbols of 4 Evangelists [...] together with symbols depicting the Holy Trinity (linked Triangles) the Resurrection (Lamb and Flag) and the Holy Spirit (Dove)." The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "The building is of 12th-century date with a late chancel probably erected in the 13th century, but was almost entirely rebuilt in 1843–6 [...] The font and all the fittings are modern." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]