Marlborough No. 1 / Merleberge
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mai of 11 November 2017)
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view of font and cover
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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)
view of church exterior in context - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2017 by Colin Smith
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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)
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: with the modern font in the foreground
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)
view of church interior - chancel
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
Font ID: 21539MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St Peter and St. Paul [originally St. Peter's] [deconsecrated now]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul [originally dedicated to St. Peter]
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
Church Address: High St, Marlborough SN8 1HQ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1672 511453
Site Location: Wiltshire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A346-A4 crossroads, 15 km SSE of Swindon
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Salisbury]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the font of the pre-Conquest (?) church here)
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 588034 5697102
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.418286, -1.733972
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 25′ 5.83″ N, 1° 44′ 2.3″ W