Marlborough No. 1 / Merleberge

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mai of 11 November 2017)
Results: 5 records
view of church exterior in context - west tower
view of church interior - chancel
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font and cover
view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font in the context of the tower space, now a gift shop
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2017 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mai of 11 November 2017)
INFORMATION
FontID: 21539MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St Peter and St. Paul [originally St. Peter's] [deconsecrated now]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul [originally dedicated to St. Peter]
Church Location: High St, Marlborough SN8 1HQ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1672 511453
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A346-A4 crossroads, 15 km SSE of Swindon
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Salisbury]
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
Church Notes: Norman church built on the site of a Saxon one; re-bilt mid-15thC; restored and refitted 1860s; redundant 1974; community centre, arts and crafts shop and cafe in 1978
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Marlborough [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU1869/marlborough/] [accessed 11 November 2017]; it mentions church lands and a church in it [probably a pre-Conquest church that later became St. Peter's]. The present font in this church is modern and disused, as the church has become redundant, de-consecrated and is now [since 1978] used as a coffee shop and boutique.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.418286,
-1.733972
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 25′ 5.83″ N,
1° 44′ 2.3″ W
UTM: 30U 588034 5697102