Bromfield / Brunfelde / Bromfield nr. Ludlow

INFORMATION

FontID: 07054BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary The Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located a few kms W of Ludlow
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
The church at Bromfield is mentioned in Domesday Book. Anderson (1864) notes that the "Saxon and collegiate church of St. Mary of Bromfield after the conquest became a regular monastic institution". Cox & Harvey (1907) lists its font as Early English. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]. No font mentioned in Newman & Pevsner (2006).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907