Melton Constable / Maeltuna / Mealton / Meauton

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Photo caption: "The central tower is Norman and built of local carstone. The south transept was built by Sir Jacob Astley in 1681"

Image Source: B&W photograph taken 25 June 1986 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/M/Melton Constable St Peter's church from SE [6403] 1986-06-25.jpg] [accessed 29 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph November 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/meltonconstable/meltonconstable.htm] [accessed 29 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permssion

view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital photograph November 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/meltonconstable/meltonconstable.htm] [accessed 29 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permssion

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph November 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/meltonconstable/meltonconstable.htm] [accessed 29 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permssion

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 18th-century font [cf. FiontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph November 2006 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/meltonconstable/meltonconstable.htm] [accessed 29 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permssion

INFORMATION

FontID: 14898MEL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Melton Constable, Norfolk, NR24 2NE

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Holt, 13 km ENE Fakenham

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of Holt

Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for Melton Constable [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TG0331/melton-constable/] [accessed 29 January 2014], with a church reported in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church is an old building, and contained only one isle, being a single pile, till Sir Jacob Astley, in 1681, built a neat chapel, with a vault under it of brick [...] The tower stands between the church and chancel, and is foursquare, with three bells. [...] It is a rectory dedicated to St. Peter". The present font is noted in Pevsner & Wilson (1997): "An C18 baluster." Described and illustrated in Knott (2005): "Norfolk's grandest 18th century font, looking as if it is made out of sugar." The base may be of a later date. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.846063, 1.023398

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 50′ 45.83″ N, 1° 1′ 24.23″ E

UTM: 31U 366885 5856977

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-06-25 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East [2nd ed.], Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1997