Marsh Chapel / Marshchapel

INFORMATION

FontID: 10702MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A1031, 16 km NNE of Louth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Noted in Sutton (1898): "The font is a very plain octagonal one without any ornamentation". In Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Plain, octagonal, with C19 suspended cover." F.J. Poulton's web site (2002) [www.poulton.info/familyhistory/marshchapel.htm] [accessed 4 March 2007] informs: "The font is octagon, of stone, it is situated in the west end of the nave between the two entrances from the side doors, it is 2 feet diameter and lined with lead for immersion [...] it is 3 feet 9 inches high and has a wood octagon cover painted white" [NB: the information appears to be quoted from an 1833 source, perhaps John Hy Loft?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989
Sutton, A.F., "A Description of the Churches Visited in the Excursion from Louth, July 6th & 7th, 1897", XXIV, part I, Reports and Papers Read at the Meetings of the Architectural Societies of the Diocese of Lincoln, County of York, Archdeaconry of Northampton, County of Bedford, Diocese of Worcester, County of Leicester and Town of Sheffield, 1898, pp. 95-114; r["References"]