Margaret Marsh

INFORMATION

FontID: 11366MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3091, about 9 km SW of Shaftesbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Cognate Fonts: Similar basins of the same period at Stratton and Hinton St. Mary, both in Dorset
Noted in Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Early English period with a plain round bowl.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; r["References"]