Marsh Chapel / Marshchapel
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10702MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17526220
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Church Ln, Grimsby DN36 5TW, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1472 388210
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A1031, in the municipality of East Lindsey, 16 km NNE of Louth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this site in the Domesday survey. Baptismal font 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?]. Listed in the church entry for Marschapel in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF3598398814]: "Parish church. Early C15, 1848 chancel rebuilt [...] C15 plain octagonal font with C19 suspended cover."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We area grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 303953 5929008
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.4735, 0.045934
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 28′ 24.6″ N, 0° 2′ 45.36″ E
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, p. 557
- 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; p. 110