Acton Scott / Actune

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view of church exterior - north view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2010 by J Scott [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2182684] [accessed 23 June 2015]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 July 2010 by J Scott [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2182680] [accessed 23 June 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Margaret, Acton Scott. The chancel, with a notable 17th century roof."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 August 2014 by Philip Pankhurst [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4155283] [accessed 23 June 2015]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2009 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1441973] [accessed 23 June 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 16095ACT

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret

Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]

Church Location: Henley Lane, Acton Scott, Shropshire SY6 6QQ

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A49, S of Church Stretton

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Historical Region: Hundred of Leintwardine [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Munslow

Century and Period: 13th century (mid?), Early English

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

There is an entry for Acton [Scott] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SO4589/acton-scott/] [accessed 23 June 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Salopian Shreds and Patches issue for February 2, 1881 (p. 142) notes "a massive font of carved Caen stone" in this church. The Victoria County History (Shropshire, vol. 10, 1998) notes: "The church existed by 1252 […] The church of St. Margaret, so dedicated by the later 18th century […] Font, pulpit, reading desk, and screen may also be early 19th-century". [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.500386, -2.805449

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 30′ 1.39″ N, 2° 48′ 19.61″ W

UTM: 30U 513207 5816713

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-03-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.