Morton nr. Gainsborough / Morton by Gainsborough / Mortum / Mortune
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 May 2015 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4471066] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "The first church of St Paul at Morton was built in 1845 and in 1890 it was decided to rebuild and enlarge the church and the building as it stands today was erected in 1891."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 May 2014 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3997786] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the late-19thC font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 May 2018 by Ian S [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5904589] [accessed 25 December 2018]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12718MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Church Location: 10-16 Front St, Morton, Gainsborough DN21 3AA, UK - Tel.: +44 1427 611036
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A156-A631 crossroads, 2 km NNW of Gainsborough, NNW of Lincoln
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Corringham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1891?
Century and Period: 19th century (late?), Late Victorian
Church Notes: present church is late-19thC re-building of a mid-19thC original first church
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for this Morton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8091/morton/] [accessed 25 December 2018] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989) note: "Font. Octagonal, of Frosterley marble, with a tall, richly carved cover." The entry for this church in Historic England [List Entry Number: 1063516] notes: "The 1890-91 building incorporates the tower of the church consecrated in 1846 [...] Very fine, large black Frosterly marble font with an octagonal bowl on an octagonal stem and a tall buttressed timber font cover with original suspension mechanism, the cover decorated with timber statues." [NB: we have not been able to identify a church here earlier than 1846].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.414, -0.79
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 24′ 50.4″ N, 0° 47′ 24″ W
UTM: 30U 646881 5920601
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, Frosterley marble
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1846? / 19th century?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: yes; original mid-19thC pulley
Notes: octagonal, tall, with carved sides; original of 1846
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989