Stubton / Stobetun / Stubetune

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "The original church in Stubton was opposite Stubton Hall, however this more modern church, built in 1799, was built on a new site commonly known as Bemrose's Croft. The church is built in Gothic revival style in ashlar and blue lias, with slate roofs. The present church consists of a chancel, nave, pinnacled tower and vestry. The chancel was added in 1869."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The original church in Stubton was opposite Stubton Hall, however this more modern church, built in 1799, was built on a new site commonly known as Bemrose's Croft. The church is built in Gothic revival style in ashlar and blue lias, with slate roofs. The present church consists of a chancel, nave, pinnacled tower and vestry. The chancel was added in 1869."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2913
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 December 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3780961] [accessed 14 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2913
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 December 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3780964] [accessed 14 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of font and cover

the modern font in the modern church
Scene Description: the modern font in the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2018 by Dean Bird, in the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology [http://www.slha.org.uk/photogallery/?thistopic=Churches_InteriorFonts] [accessed 14 January 2019]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21954STU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin [new church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 2 Brandon Rd, Stubton, Newark NG23 5BY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1636 626720
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, 8 km SE of Newark-on-Trent, equidistant netween Claypole (W) and Brandon (E), 13 km N of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Loveden
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Ken Redmore, Website Editor, and Dean Bird, of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, for the photograph of this modern font
Church Notes: medieval church disappeared; present church built on a new site in 1799; chancel of 1869
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Stubton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SK8748/stubton/] [accessed 14 January 2019] one of which reports a priest and a church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK8747648779] notes: "Parish church. 1799, 1869. Gothic revival. [...] C19 octagonal font." The present font consists of an octagonal basin with plain tapering sides raised on a round pedestal base. Wooden cover is octagonal and flat with metal decoration. Both modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.0289, -0.696
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 1′ 44.04″ N, 0° 41′ 45.6″ W
UTM: 30U 654508 5877968