Priors Marston
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 November 2005 by Ian Rob [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/74293] [accessed 12 January 2015]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Cox, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by Mike Cox [www.flickr.com/photos/24130425@N07/5931164724/] [accessed 12 January 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19661MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: School Lane, Priors Marston, Warwicks, CV47 7RR
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Daventry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Kington
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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We founf no entry for Priors Marston in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 5, 1949) notes: "Marston was a chapel of Priors Hardwick in 1279 [...] The earliest material in the building is the late-13thcentury north arcade, indicating an aisle of that period added to an earlier nave that was probably shorter than now. [...] The font and other furniture are modern."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.214454, -1.285707
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 12′ 52.03″ N, 1° 17′ 8.54″ W
UTM: 30U 617120 5786276
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-01-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.