Bromfield / Brunfelde / Bromfield nr. Ludlow
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07054BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary The Virgin
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 a few kms W of Ludlow
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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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, p. 336
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 215