Eaton nr. Retford / Attune / Eatone

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Source caption: "The church was built in 1860 as a replacement for the previous Norman building to a design by George Shaw of Manchester. It consists of nave, chancel, vestry and north porch style and is essentially Decorated in style. The small steeple was built in 1992 and houses a single bell. There are no significant surviving elements of the old church."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church was built in 1860 as a replacement for the previous Norman building to a design by George Shaw of Manchester. It consists of nave, chancel, vestry and north porch style and is essentially Decorated in style. The small steeple was built in 1992 and houses a single bell. There are no significant surviving elements of the old church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 August 2014 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4128528] [accessed 30 August 2015]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 October 2010 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2140120] [accessed 30 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 15459EAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints [some sources report the old church without dedication]
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A638, 3 km SSE of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham [formerly in the Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Bassettlaw
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
There are two entries for this Eaton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7178/eaton/] [accessed 30 of August 2015], neither of which mention cleric or church in it. The font of the original [medieval?] church disappeared probably at the time of the mid-19th century re-building of this church. The present font is noted in the English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: SK7102177970] (1867): "The C19 octagonal font is decorated with blind traceried round panels."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.293853, -0.936194
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 17′ 37.87″ N, 0° 56′ 10.3″ W
UTM: 30U 637552 5906947