Marston nr. Newark on Trent / Merestone / Merestune

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the modern font
Scene Description: the modern font
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Image Source: digital photograph in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 24 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Garlick, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2016 by Michael Garlick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5142677] [accessed 24 December 2018]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "The church was built in the late 12th century, early 13th century onwards. It was restored in 1881."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church was built in the late 12th century, early 13th century onwards. It was restored in 1881."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3371237] [accessed 24 December 2018]
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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "View from the chancel to the nave in St.Mary's church".
Scene Description: Source caption: "View from the chancel to the nave in St.Mary's church".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 November 2010 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2161956] [accessed 24 December 2018]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "The north aisle dates from the 14th century, the south aisle dates from the 15th century but was much restored in the 19th century, however the four bay arcades date from around 1200."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The north aisle dates from the 14th century, the south aisle dates from the 15th century but was much restored in the 19th century, however the four bay arcades date from around 1200."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3371239] [accessed 24 December 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21922MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1175?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Marston, Grantham NG32 2HQ, UK -- Tel.: +44 1400 250167
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (2 km N) the A1, near Long Bennington, 8 km NNW of Grantham, 13 km SE of Newark on Trent
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Loveden
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca.1175 church here)
Font Notes:
There are five entries for this Marston [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8943/marston/] [accessed 24 December 2018], "Osbern, the priest", being lord of two of them in 1086, but no mention is made of a church here. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8928543720] notes: "Parish church. c.1175, late C12, early C13, early C14, C15, 1881-2 by C. Kirk. [...] C19 stone panelled font."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ken Redmore, Website Editor, the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, for the photograph of this modern font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 656312 5872961
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.9834, -0.671535
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 59′ 0.24″ N, 0° 40′ 17.53″ W