Cleobury Mortimer No. 1 / Claiberie

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Hisgett, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 March 2012 by Tony Hisgett [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_St_Mary_Cleobury_Mortimer_2_(6868101622).jpg] [accessed 31 January 2018]
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery

the wall in which the claimed Sheela or Green Man is located, slightly to the right of the back of the blue car
Scene Description: the wall in which the claimed Sheela or Green Man is located, slightly to the right of the back of the blue car
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Sheela Na Gig Project, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph by John Harding, The Sheela Na Gig Project [http://www.sheelanagig.org/index.html#http://www.sheelanagig.org/SheelaCleoburyMortimer.htm] [accessed 26 March 2010]
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Sheela Na Gig Project, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph by John Harding, The Sheela Na Gig Project [http://www.sheelanagig.org/index.html#http://www.sheelanagig.org/SheelaCleoburyMortimer.htm] [accessed 26 March 2010]
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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail

"The female figure of this Sheela-na-gig is indistinct due to the age of the relief. The upper torso and head of a figure are visible, the lower half is more weathered, however the legs and vulva of the female figure can be discerned" John Harding, of The Sheela na Gig Project believes it is not a Sheela
Scene Description: "The female figure of this Sheela-na-gig is indistinct due to the age of the relief. The upper torso and head of a figure are visible, the lower half is more weathered, however the legs and vulva of the female figure can be discerned" John Harding, of The Sheela na Gig Project believes it is not a Sheela
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project, 2010
Image Source: Image and text source: Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project [http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/BM/SAssCMxx004.htm] [accessed 26 March 2010]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07055CLE
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
Church Notes: there is a claimed Sheela-na-gig on the stret side of the churchyard wall -- John Harding says it is neither a Sheela nor a Green Man (email of 28 March 2010 to BSI
Church Address: Church Street, Cleobury Mortimer DY14 8BX, UK
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located of (SW) the B4363/A4117, halfway between Ludlow and Kidderminster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Conditre
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (from the Domesday-time or 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Cleobury [Mortimer] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SO6775/cleobury-mortimer/] [accessed 31 January 2018]; it mentions a priest in it but not a church, though there must ghave been one there. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Early English period in this church. Anderson (1864) notes that this church " perhaps originally founded by Queen Edith, was, in 1179, given by Hugh de Mortiner to that abbey of Wigmore he founded" [NB: Anderson refers to Edith of Wessex (ca. 1029-1075), wife of Edward the Confessor]. No font mentioned in Newman & Pevsner (2006). [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Harding, of The Sheela Na Gig Project [www.sheelanagig.org] for his photographs of the church exterior and figure at Cleobury Mortimer

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 535375 5803342
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.3792, -2.4803
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 22′ 45.12″ N, 2° 28′ 49.08″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 276
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 215