Mattersey / Madressei / Maresay / Mattersea

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 15519MAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Abbey Road, Mattersey, Nottinghamshire, DN10 5DX
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km N of Retford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Additional Comments: disappeared font
Font Notes:
Cox (1912) notes a "new font, imitation E[arly] E[nglish]" in this church. Noted also in Pevsner & Williamson (1979) as a font decorated with "highly naturalistic foliage" of mid-19th century date. [NB: probably a replacement font from the mid-19th century renovation; we have no information on the font from the medieval church mentioned in Domesday]. [NB: A late-12th century priory existed in this village, its ruins still visible about a mile east of the village]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 635628 5918707

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 144 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 19 October 2009]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 178