Marton / Mortone
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover - detail
Scene Description: the font cover and partial view of the basin of the modern font; both 19thC [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Walwyn, 2008
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19700MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Esprit
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Ghost
Church Location: North St, Marton, Warwickshire, CV23 9RJ
Country Name: England
Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A423, 12 km NE of Leamington Spa, N of Southam
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Coventry
Historical Region: Hundred of Marton [in Domesday] - Hundred of Knightlow
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Late Norman
This Marton appears as 'Mortone' on Folio 240r of the Domesday survey, a small place in which "Richard the Forester" holds one hide (Reader, 1835). The Victoria County History (Warwick, vol. 6, 1951) notes: "Between 1155 and 1160 Robert de Craft, with the assent of Hugh son of Richard (of Hatton), granted the church of Marton to the Priory of Nuneaton [...] The church of St. Esprit [...] was almost entirely rebuilt in the gothic style in 1871 and all that remains of the earlier church is the lower stage of the tower and the south arcade, both of the mid-14th century, together with an early-13th-century south doorway. [...] The font is also of stone with an octagonal basin, sunk trefoil panels, and stands on an octagonal coloured marble stem moulded at the base." This font is modern, probably from the late-19th century renovation of the church here. [NB: we have no information on the font of the mid-12th century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.315812,
-1.405836
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 18′ 56.92″ N,
1° 24′ 21.01″ W
UTM: 30U 608665 5797361
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-02-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-02-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Reader, William, Domesday book, for the County of Warwick, translated [...] to which is prefixed, A Brief Dissertation on Domesday Book [...], Coventry: Printed and sold by W. Reader, High Street, 1835
