Moreton nr. Dorchester
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005
Image Source: digital image in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 2005 [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11345MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 13 km E of Dorchester
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
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
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]
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