Shelton nr. Newark-on-Trent / Sceltun / Sceltune

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "The nave, St Mary's Church, Shelton. The arcade to the south aisle is 13th century. The rood screen is heavily restored but retains some 15th century material."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Murray-Rust, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 April 2014 by Alan Murray-Rust [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3936133] [accessed 15 September 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the far end

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Southwell & Nottigham The Church History Project, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph in The Southwell & Nottigham The Church History Project [http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/shelton/pintw.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15527SHE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints [aka St. Mary and All Hallows']
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & All Saints
Church Location: Main Street, Shelton, Nottinghamshire NG23 5JQ
Country Name: England
Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 13 km S of Newark-on-Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham
Historical Region: Hundred of Newark [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century / 17th century, Decorated? / Restoration?
Church Notes: original church probably 11thC
There are three entries for this Shelton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK7844/shelton/] [accessed 15 September 2015], one of which mentions a church in it. Cox (1912) writes: "Hexagonal chalice-shaped font Dec[orated]". Not mentioned in Pevsner & Williamson (1979). The Southwell & Nottigham The Church History Project [http://southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/shelton/pintw.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2015], however, reports a "mid C17 font with tapered octagonal stem with ring, and plain octagonal bowl".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.99315, -0.83923
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 59′ 35.34″ N, 0° 50′ 21.24″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912