Shotwick

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view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 01447SHO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Shotwick, Cheshire, CH1 6HX
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the junction A550-A5117, 8 km NW of Chester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Wirral
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Ellis (1902) notes: "Opposite the south door of this church is a whitewashed octagonal font, which mat date from almost any period since the thirteenth century. It stands on a circular plinth, and beyond a roll moulding at the base of the bowl and at the contracted portion of the shaft, it is devoid of ornament. It is lead-lined and has a drain." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Richards (1973) notes: "The font at Shotwick conforms to the fairly common octagonal design." A photograph in Richards (ibid.) illustrates the font in the context of the church interior.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.23906,
-2.99636
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 14′ 20.62″ N,
2° 59′ 46.9″ W
UTM: 30U 500243 5898865
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 110 cm* ["from plinth"]
Notes on Measurements: * [Ellis (1902: 78)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; appears modern
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Ellis, John W., "The Mediaeval Fonts of the Hundreds of West Derby and Wirral", LVIII (New series: XVII), Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1902, pp. 59-80; r["References"]
Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973