Dunton nr. Aylesbury / Dodintone / Donton / Duddington

Image copyright © David Meakin, 2015

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: one of the metal staples from an old font remains

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2015 by Revd. David Meakin

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2015 by Revd. David Meakin

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "St. Martin's, Dunton. The C13th chancel of this little church taken from the C12th nave through the chancel arch."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rob Farrow, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 September 2006 by Rob Farrow [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/235338] [accessed 11 August 2015]

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view of font

Scene Description: "the ancient font, divided into two portions, and for many years made to serve as a doorstep to the tower, was rescued and restored by the Rev. T. J. W. Fisher B.A. rector 1904-7" [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2015 by Revd. David Meakin

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the present font in use; 19th-century

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Meakin, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2015 by Revd. David Meakin

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the present font in use; 19th-century

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Meakin, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 August 2015 by Revd. David Meakin

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the old font inside the vestry

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17403DUN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Dunton, Buckinghamshire MK18 3LW
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SE of Winslow, 13 km N of Aylesbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Mursley [in Domesday] / Hundred of Cottesloe [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Located in the vestry, beneath the tower in 2015 [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Revd. David Meakin, of Dunton St. Martin's parish, for his photographs of this church and fonts
There is entry for this Dunton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8224/dunton/] [accessed 11 August 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Sheahan (1862) writes: "the font is of stone, octagonal in form, with carved quatrefoils on the sides. When Lipscomb wrote, [i.e., Lipscomb (1831-1843)] the font was 'a large pan of iron, vase-shaped, and painted to resemble veined marble.' The present font is placed under the pointed arch of the chancel." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The church dates from the 12th century [...] The church was restored in the 19th century [...] In the south-east angle of the tower is the square bowl of a font, possibly of 12th-century date, now on a modern base." The English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: SP8237824372] (1959) reports: "Disused square C12 font in tower, C19 octagonal font in use." [http://duntonbucks.org/church/church history and bells.html] [accessed 11 August 2015]. The old font has no cover but it retains one of the metal staples from an old cover. The village web site [http://duntonbucks.org/index.html] [accessed 11 August 2015] notes: "the ancient font, divided into two portions, and for many years made to serve as a doorstep to the tower, was rescued and restored by the Rev. T. J. W. Fisher B.A. rector 1904-7".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.911163, -0.804964
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 54′ 40.19″ N, 0° 48′ 17.87″ W
UTM: 30U 650980 5753434

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-05-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
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