Tilston

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B01: design element - motifs - foliage

INFORMATION

FontID: 01438TIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 19 Church Rd, Tilston, Malpas SY14 7HB, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A41, S of the A534, 15 km E of Wrexham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Decorated
There is an early mention of this font in Lysons (1806-1833): "Tilston is circular, surrounded with foliage". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 189) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period, a noteworthy example.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.0497, -2.8109
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 2′ 58.92″ N, 2° 48′ 39.24″ W
UTM: 30U 512676 5877816

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822