Nantwich
Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2019
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's from the north east. Described as the "Cathedral of South Cheshire", St Mary's is in the centre of Nantwich."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeff Buck, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 24 January 2015 by Jeff Buck [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4322637] [accessed 10 September 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nantwich, St. Mary's Church: The nave"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2019 by Michael Garlick [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6152386] [accessed 10 September 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nantwich, St. Mary's Church: Eight sided Caen stone font, introduced in c19th" -- the mid-19thC font by Scott [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2019 by Michael Garlick [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6153200] [accessed 10 September 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5
view of font and cover in context
![the mid-19thC font by Scott [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1061001006_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the mid-19thC font by Scott [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber of www.thornber.net
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 12240NAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Ln, Nantwich CW5 5RQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1270 625268
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Locate off (E) local road B5341, E of the A51 [aka Nantwich Bypass], 4-5 km SW of Crewe, about 25 km WNW of Stoke-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Warmundestrou [Domesday]
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of the modern font here
Font Notes:
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Nantwich appears in the Domesday survey as a settlement with no recorded population [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ6552/nantwich/] [accessed 10 September 2022]. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ6521252325 ] notes: "Parish church [...] Dating from C14 the style is mainly decorated with some perpendicular of later date. Restored (except for tower) mid C19 by Sir Gilbert Scott"; it mentions no font in it. The present font is modern probably introduced by Scott in his mid-19 century renovation [cf. supra]. Octagonal baptismal font of the type with one single volume from top to bottom, the sides decorated with traceried panels, each containg a crocketed arch and pinnacles at the angles. [NB: we have no information on the original of the 14th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.0671, -2.5206
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 4′ 1.56″ N, 2° 31′ 14.16″ W
UTM: 30U 532123 5879842