Morton nr. Bourne / Morton and Hanthorpe / Morton by Bourne / Mortun / Mortune
Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
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design element - architectural - arcade - trefoiled arches - cusped and crocketed arches - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146953] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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design element - motifs - unidentified
Scene Description: on the sides of the underbowl chamfer; floral?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146953] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the instruments of the Passion
Scene Description: Source caption: "Font Detail, St John the Baptist church, Morton. 15th Century pliers." -- the pincers in the centre; what are the others? the seamless robe on the left?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146978] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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symbol - shield - the instruments of the Passion - cross
Scene Description: seen here in the centre panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146953] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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symbol - shield - the instruments of the Passion - three nails
Scene Description: in the right panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146953] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "St John the Baptist church, Morton [...] Unlike most churches in the area there is no evidence of Saxon or Norman building. The little priest’s door in the south wall of the chancel may be of late 12th century origin, so part of the chancel may belong to an earlier church than the existing one."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181225016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John the Baptist church, Morton [...] Unlike most churches in the area there is no evidence of Saxon or Norman building. The little priest’s door in the south wall of the chancel may be of late 12th century origin, so part of the chancel may belong to an earlier church than the existing one."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146923] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
![Source caption: "The village church of St John the Baptist at Morton [...] The building dates from the 12th century but has undergone various restorations including one in 1861 due to the philanthropy of William Parker (1792-1885) whose memorial can be seen inside the church."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181225015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "The village church of St John the Baptist at Morton [...] The building dates from the 12th century but has undergone various restorations including one in 1861 due to the philanthropy of William Parker (1792-1885) whose memorial can be seen inside the church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rex Needle, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 December 2014 by Rex Needle [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4284217] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "St John the Baptist church at Morton, near Bourne, dates from the 12th century. The [...] interior is impressive, a grand vista of arches and pillars. The church is built in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and was restored in 1860 and 1951."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1181225019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "St John the Baptist church at Morton, near Bourne, dates from the 12th century. The [...] interior is impressive, a grand vista of arches and pillars. The church is built in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and was restored in 1860 and 1951."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rex Needle, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 March 2006 by Rex Needle [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4284238] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "The octagonal font is a rich example of 15th century work with emblems of the Passion on shields in canopied niches."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2012 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3146953] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of the Church of St John the Baptist, Morton. Baptismal font"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dave Hitchborne, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2013 by Dave Hitchborne [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3636287] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2014 by Bob Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4004153] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12717MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Morton, Bourne PE10 0PF, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A15, 4 km N of Bourne, 23 km SE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Aveland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end, by the N arcade
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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There are seven entries for this Morton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0923/morton/] [accessed 25 December 2018] one of which, in the lordship and tenancy of Oger the Breton in 1086, reports a priest and a church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Big, octagonal, Perp[endicular]. Shields in fields with low ogee arches. One of them the Instruments of the Passion." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0982624010] notes: "Parish church. Mid C12, late C12, late C13, c.1300, C14, C15, restored 1860. [...] Mid C12 doorway to west with round head, imposts, chamfered jambs, hood mould and plank door. [...] C15 font with 3 stepped octagonal plinth, octagonal pedestal, octagonal bowl with shields containing emblems of the Passion, set under richly cusped ogee heads with finials and ornate pinnacles."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.8028, -0.372
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 48′ 10.08″ N, 0° 22′ 19.2″ W
UTM: 30U 677152 5853571
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; modern
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989