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INFORMATION
FontID: 17281MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Church Lane, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 3RT
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 2 km E of Marlow [i.e., Great Marlow]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Desborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
There are four entries for [Great] Marlow and [Little] Malow [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/marlow-and-little-marlow/] [accessed 16 October 2015], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is large, ancient, circular, and plain, and has a handsome modern canopy cover." The RCAHM (1912) reports a font of the 12th century in this church. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The south wall of the chancel and the chapel date from the end of the 12th century, which was probably the original date of the nave [...] Modern restorations were effected in 1866, when a gallery and high pews were taken out, and in 1902 [...] The lower part of the font is modern, but the circular bowl appears to be of the 12th century."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.5823,
-0.74
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 34′ 56.28″ N,
0° 44′ 24″ W
UTM: 30U 656581 5717002
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, decorated with metal and ring handle
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-03-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1912-
Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain, London; Pontefract: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; William Edward Bonas [...], 1862
