Moreton nr. Dorchester
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Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005 [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11345MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Moreton
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Moreton, Dorchester DT2 8RH, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 843 886 8668
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of the B3390, 13 km E of Dorchester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Barnes (1891) writes: "The basin of the font is of the 15th century" [NB: has this basin disappeared?]. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "The font of c.1845 stands in the middle of the nave." In The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/moreton.htm]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of the modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 550893 5617079
REFERENCES
- Barnes, W. Miles, "A brief historical & descriptive sketch of the churches in the rural deanery of Dorchester (Dorchester portion)", XII, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1891, pp. [36]-70; p. 59
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972, p. 300