Stratton St. Margaret / Margrete Stratton / Stratone
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13996STR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Church Street, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 4NB
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NNE of Swindon, now pratically in its suburbs
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Highworth -- formerly Berkshire
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Date: ca. 1280?
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Early English
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in 'Church notes...' (1887) in the context of some "notes [that] were taken between 1835 and 1840": "The font a rude octagon, with a quatrefoil on each face". The entry for this church in Ponting (1899) reads: "The font is modern, but Gough speaks of one of circa 1280" [NB: the entry is footnoted "Sep. Mon. ii, p. 1, tab. 8"]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.582478,
-1.743058
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 34′ 56.92″ N,
1° 44′ 35.01″ W
UTM: 30U 587089 5715350
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
"Church notes, chiefly in Berks, Wilts, and Oxford, with a few in Somerset and Gloucestershire", 44, Archaeological Journal, 1887, pp. 43-50; 185-193; 291-303; 397-402; r["References"]
The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Oxford, London: VCH, [1990-1996?]
Gough, Richard, Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, London: Nichols, 1786-1799
Ponting, C.E., "Notes on churches visited in 1898", XXX, XCI, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 1899, pp. 169-197; r["References"]