Manston / Manestone
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2013 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3642413] [accessed 5 September 2017]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern (19thC) replacement font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2013 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3678257] [accessed 5 September 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 11497MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: St Nicholas, Manston, Dorset, DT101EX
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3091, 3 km ENE of Sturminster Newton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Salisbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Gillingham [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Manston [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/ST8115/manston/] [accessed 5 September 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) reports "a plain octagonal font" in this church. The present font does not match Hutchins' description: it is octagonal and modern (19thC?), with decorated panels on the sides, the pedestal and lower base moulded. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the font of the earlier church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.934592, -2.262564
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 4.53″ N, 2° 15′ 45.23″ W
UTM: 30U 551818 5642810
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973