Stapleford nr. Melton Mowbray / Stapeford

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Results: 3 records

view of church exterior - northwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 June 2002 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/385040] [accessed 28 October 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1278094] [accessed 28 October 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 April 2009 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1278102] [accessed 28 October 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18730STA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene [redundant]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene

Church Location: Stapleford Park, Stapleford, Leics. LE14 2SF

Country Name: England

Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B676, 7 km E of Melton Mowbray, in the grounds of Stapleford Park

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester

Historical Region: Hundred of Framland [in Domesday]

Century and Period: Medieval

Church Notes: present church replaced a medieval church here

Font Notes: Click to view

There is an entry for this Stapleford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK8018/stapleford/] [accessed 26 August 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The present font consists of a marble basin raised on a wooden base. [NB: we have no information on the font of the demolished medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.7553, -0.7987

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 45′ 19.08″ N, 0° 47′ 55.32″ W

UTM: 30U 648554 5847322

REFERENCES

Byrne, Matthew, Beautiful churches saved by The Churches Conservation Trust, London: Frances Lincoln, 2013