Martin nr. Ringwood / Meretun / Mertone / Mertoun

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view of basin

Scene Description: the much damaged and now disused stone basin of an old font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 6 December 2011 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2741078] [accessed 18 September 2018]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2007 by Trish Steel [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/332427.jpg] [accessed 5 August 2011]

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints, Martin: ancient artefacts". -- Is this the basin of an earlier font?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 December 2011 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2741078] [accessed 18 September 2018]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font in use in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 December 2011 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2741079] [accessed 18 September 2018]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17553MAR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints

Church Patron Saints: All Saints

Church Location: Martin, Hampshire SP6 3LE , UK

Country Name: England

Location: Hampshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located off the A31, just NW of Tidpit, near Ringwood

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Winchester

Historical Region: Hundred of Fordingbridge -- formerly in Wiltshire

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

No entry found for this Martin in the Domesday survey. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Hampshire, vol. 4, 1911) notes: "The earliest church of which there are traces belonged to the first half of the 12th century [...] The font is of late 18th-century date." Ditto in the entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SP1291418787]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church, but there is an interesting stone object inside the church: it is definitely the basin of an old font; it is roughly cylindrical, it has a centre drain, and shows damage evidence to its upper rim that would indicate the former presence of cover hardware [cf. ImagesArea]].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.9753, -1.901

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 58′ 31.08″ N, 1° 54′ 3.6″ W

UTM: 30U 577156 5647653

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-08-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.