Merton nr. London / Marten / Martin / Marton / Meretone
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacqueline Banerjee and The Victorian Web, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph by Jacqueline Banerjee in The Victorian Web [www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/ferrey/2.html] [accessed 9 March 2016]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacqueline Banerjee and The Victorian Web, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph by Jacqueline Banerjee in The Victorian Web [www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/ferrey/2.html] [accessed 9 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20414MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Path, Merton Park, Greater London SW19 3HJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 8543 6192
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located SW of the A24-A236 [Church Rd] crossroads
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwark
Historical Region: Hundred of Brixton -- formerly in Surrey
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Merton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ2669/merton/] [accessed 9 March 2016]; it reports a church in it. The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 4, 1912) notes: "A church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey and was evidently included in the grant of the manor to the canons by Henry I. [...] The earliest part of the [present] building is the west end of the nave, which dates from the 12th century"; there is no mention of a font in the VCH entry. The present font is Victorian.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 694553 5699156
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-03-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.