North Marden
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Basher Eyre, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 December 2008 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1093402] [accessed 18 September 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18177MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: North Marden, West Sussex, PO18 9JD
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B2141, between Chilgrove and South Harting, 12 km N of Chichester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Westbourne and Singleton -- Rape of Chichester -- Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the SW end of the nave
Date: ca. 1100?
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [basin only] / 14th century [base only -- composite font?], Medieval / composite
Font Notes:
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Harrison (1920) reports a "large font" in this very small Norman church of ca. 1100. The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 4, 1953) notes: "The church of North Marden seems to have been founded by Geoffrey son of Azo late in the 12th century. [...] The font appears originally to have been tub-shaped, of the 12th century or earlier; later the lower part was reshaped to fit it on to an octagonal base." The VCH plan of the church interior of 1938 shows the font at the west end of the nave, south side, just west of the south door. The font consists of a round basin the lower half (?) of it appears to have been re-cut to fit the later octagonal base [cf. supra]; the basin is fitted with a new metal lining that folds over the upper rim and hides it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.939152, -0.852394
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 56′ 20.95″ N, 0° 51′ 8.62″ W
UTM: 30U 650886 5645255
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-09-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920