Whixall / Whixhall / Witehala

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inscription

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 05673WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [originally from a nearby chapel]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Whixall, Shropshire, SY13 3JL
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km west of the B5476, 25-30 km N of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1608
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Restoration / Stuart / Jacobean
Font Notes:
Footnoted in Romilly Allen (1888) as a baptismal font dated 1608 at 'Whixhall Chapel'. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as baptismal font dated 1608. Listed in Bond (1908) as a baptismal font from the period of James I, actually dated 1608. Newman & Pevsner (2006) described the early-17th century font: "dated 1608. Hexagonal, with scallop shell, rampant lion, etc., on the faces", as well as a 19th-century font by G.E. Street from his 1863-1867 renovation/re-building. Newman & Pevsner (ibid.) note that Street's 19th-century church replaced "a chapel of ease of Prees built c. 1608 1/4 m[ile] to the S[outh]."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 518764 5861850

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [1608]

REFERENCES

Allen, J. Romilly, "On the Antiquity of Fonts in Great Britain", XLIV, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 1888, pp. 164-173; p. 164fn
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006