Harley / Harlege

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07002HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A458, 10 km SW of Shewsbury
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) writes in his entry for Harley Church: "originally a chapel, founded probably about the middle of the twelfth century". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Font. Plain C12 tub."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 221
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 215
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 284