Market Stainton / Staintone
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Michael's church, Market Stainton. This church is no longer in use, and is in an advanced state of dereliction."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Purchase, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2018 by David Purchase [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5786172] [accessed 24 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking south
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Michael's nave. South doorway, font and pews in St.Michael's nave, illustrating the sorry state of dereliction".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 21 March 2016 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4875770] [accessed 24 December 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking southeast
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Michael's nave. Chancel screen and glimpse in to the chancel inside St.Michael's church with part of the 19th century quadripartite chancel vaulting collapsed in a pile of debris on the floor."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2016 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4875804] [accessed 24 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern 19thC font and cover by the south entranceway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 21 March 2016 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4875770] [accessed 24 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 17440MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael [redundant; disused; for sale]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Ranby Rd, Market Stainton, Market Rasen LN8 5LJ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the B1225 [aka High St], 11 km NNW of Horncastle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Gartree
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [Market] Stainton in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF2279/market-stainton/] [accessed 24 December 2018] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF2279279923] notes: "Parish church. C13, C14, C18, 1848 [...] C19 tall octagonal font with hood." The church building appears listed For Sale [www.robert-bell.org/property/3269513] [accessed 24 December 2018] "by private treaty, on the Instructions of Diocese of Lincoln [...] Under current planning policy residential use is not acceptable [...] Commercial Uses Only [...] Guide Price £20,000". [NB: the fabric of the church is medieval but we have no information on its original font]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.30204, -0.1583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 18′ 7.34″ N, 0° 9′ 29.88″ W
UTM: 30U 689352 5909637