Market Harborough No. 1 / Haverberg

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Image copyright © Andrew Jackson, 2008

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: around the rim of the now disused font outside Old St. Mary's chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrew Jackson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph July 2008 taken by Andrew H. Jackson [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-189642-church-of-st-mary-in-arden-leicestershir/photos#.VdOZ06MkSB9] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Old St. Mary's chapel -- Source caption: "North view of the ruined church." FONT EXT digital photograph July 2008 taken by Andrew H. Jackson [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-189642-church-of-st-mary-in-arden-leicestershir/photos#.VdOZ06MkSB9] [accessed 18 August 2015] NO KNOWN
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/market-harborough-st-mary-in-arden-ruin/] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Old St. Mary's chapel -- Source caption: "South view of church with the porch dating from the original church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/market-harborough-st-mary-in-arden-ruin/] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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view of church interior - south entrance

Scene Description: Old St. Mary's chapel -- Source caption: "The 14th century porch, the 12th century doorway and the 15th century tomb."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/market-harborough-st-mary-in-arden-ruin/] [accessed 18 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font in context

Scene Description: an old font in the ruins of Old St. Mary's chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrew Jackson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph July 2008 taken by Andrew H. Jackson [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-189642-church-of-st-mary-in-arden-leicestershir/photos#.VdOZ06MkSB9] [accessed 18 August 2015]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 20003MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Mary in Arden [in ruins -- formerly the parish church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 2 Great Bowden Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7QJ
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located at the A6-A14 junction, 13 km NE of Market Harborough 25 km ESE of Leicester, near the Nhants-Leics border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester
Font Location in Church: Outside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church
Church Notes: church here originally 12thC parish church; later a chapel-of-ease to Market Harborough St Mary's; finally abandoned; now in ruins
Font Notes:
No entry for Market Harborough found in the Domesday survey. Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin that is plain except for a rim moulding, raised on an octagonal pedestal base with a splayed lower base, also plain. This font was reported outside the ruined chapel in 2007 [cf. ImagesArea]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.480404, -0.910346
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 28′ 49.45″ N, 0° 54′ 37.25″ W
UTM: 30U 641907 5816525

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-09-04 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.