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Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016

Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2016 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)

view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist (1), Epsom Road, Merrow, Guildford. Merrow was originally a village, although it is now in effect a suburb of Guildford. The Parish Church is believed to be 12th century, although later parts were built in the 13th century. By the 1830's the church was in a ruinous state. A donation was made for the restoration of the church to the original plan. This work was completed by 1843."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © P L Chadwick, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 March 2011 by P L Chadwick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2785169] [accessed 17 December 2015]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St John's, Merrow. A church stood on this site in the 12th century but this one was rebuilt in the 1840s. The south wall re-used the old stones and the remaining walls were built with flint. Its full name is St John the Evangelist."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2009 by Colin Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1146153] [accessed 17 December 2015]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Colin Smith

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the flat and plain modern cover; there is a fancier one hanging above the font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2016 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)

view of font cover

Scene Description: the fancier cover, hanging above the font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2016 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 July 2016)

INFORMATION

FontID: 15490MER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Epsom Road, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7DA
Country Name: England
Location: Surrey, South East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km NE of Guildford, 45 km SW of London
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Guildford
Historical Region: Hundred of Woking
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
No entry found for Merrow in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 3, 1911) notes: "The first mention of Merrow Church seems to be in 1208, when it was said to be in the gift of the king. [...] The church is almost entirely modern, having been rebuilt in 1842 with the exception of the south arcade and the south chapel. There are, however, a few remains of a 12th-century building, which have been re-used"; no font mentioned. Baptismal font consisting of a hexagonal basin with a crenellated upper rim, the sides decorated with traceried panels, the underbowl with a graded chamfer; raised on a plain hexagonal pedestal base and splaying lower base of the same shape; on a rectangular plinth, also modern. Hexagonal wooden cover of pyramidal shape, the sides carved with tracery patterns, a floral finial; it is raised with a counterweight system; it appears contemporary with the font, 19th-century. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.24558, -0.527721
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 14′ 44.09″ N, 0° 31′ 39.8″ W
UTM: 30U 672550 5680039