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

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view of font and cover in context

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view of basin - interior

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view of basin and cover

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view of church interior - nave - looking south

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07385MAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]

Church Notes: church probably 12thC; renovated and modified mid-19thC

Church Address: Stokesley Rd, Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough TS7 8JU, UK -- Tel.: +44 1642 316201

Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located off the A172, just N of the A174 crossing, near, and now a S suburb of Middlesbrough

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Historical Region: Hundred of Langbaurgh

Additional Comments: disappeared font? the earlier medieval font from this church -- famous person font: James Cook (1728-79) born and baptised in this church -- but, the font?

Font Notes: Click to view

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]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of church and modern font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 616141 6044564

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.5353, -1.205

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 32′ 7.08″ N, 1° 12′ 18″ W

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. 174
Page, William, A History of the County of York North Riding, 1923, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64659] [accessed 17 April 2009]
Whellan & Co., T., History and topography of the city of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire, embracing a […], Beverley: printed for the publishers by John Green, Market Place, 1859, p. 752