Saleby nr. Alford / Salebi
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2011 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2693330] [accessed 4 August 2019]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Octagonal Victorian font in St.Margaret's church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2008 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/771016] [accessed 4 August 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22274SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Mill Ln, Saleby, Alford LN13 0JA, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1104, equidistant (1 km) between Beesby, to the NE and Thoresthorpe, to the S, 3 km NE of Alford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Calcewath [Calceworth]
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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There are two entries for Saleby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF4578/saleby/] [accessed 4 August 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes an ancient church but gives no date for it. The entry for this church in Historic England does not mention the earlier church it replaced [Listing NGR: TF4578678762]: "Parish church. 1850 by Stephen Lewin. Restored 1958. [...] All fittings are C19 including the octagonal font, carved in a C15 style. "
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.2866, 0.185
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 17′ 11.76″ N, 0° 11′ 6″ E
UTM: 31U 312359 5907850
REFERENCES
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1848-1849