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St Peter, East Marden, Sussex

Location
(50°55′30″N, 0°51′11″W)
East Marden
SU 807 146
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn A Morrison

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Feature Sets
Description

The church appears to date from the 13thc. The aisleless nave has opposing doorways and is contiguous with the chancel, without an arch. There is a S porch and N vestry.

History

Marden is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but no church. The church was restored in 1875. When Walker published this font in 1908 the lining did not overlap the rim, and she noted that staples remained on one side.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font is probably late 12thc. or early 13thc. in date.

Bibliography
Victoria County History: Sussex.4 (Chichester Rape) 1953, 107-08, with plan.
M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 33.
A. H. Peat and L. C. Halsted, Churches and Other Antiquities of West Sussex. Chichester 1912, 107.
I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 269.
A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 108-09.