Norbury nr. Shrewsbury

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07063NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km N of the A489-A488 junction, 34 km WSW of Shrewsbury
Font Notes:
The Salopian Shreds and Patches (issue of April 13, 1881: 165) describes the font in this church: "The font is very massive, the basin is 2 ft. 6 inches in diameter and 1 ft. deep. It is octagonal. On one of the facets there is a rosette." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Font. Late medieval. Octagonal bowl with a snowflake pattern (i.e., a cross?) on the E[ast] face."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in feet and inches in The Salopian Shreds and Patches issue for April 13, 1881 (p. 165)]

REFERENCES

  • 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. 445