West Bromwich nr. Sandwell / Bromwic / West Brom
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07195BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints [originally St. Clement?]
Church Address: All Saints Way, West Bromwich, B71 1RU, UK -- Tel.: 0121 588 2647
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A4031 [aka All Saints Way / Newton Rd], 10-11 km NW of Birmingham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of Offlow -- formerly Staffordshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for [West] Bromwich [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SP0090/west-bromwich/] [accessed 8 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period here. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 17, 1976) notes: "Guy de Offini, with the consent of his wife Christine and his son Richard, gave West Bromwich church to Worcester priory c. 1140-5, when his son Ralph became a monk there. The monks alone were to hold the rectory, and any vicar whom they appointed was to hold office at their pleasure. [...] The church was rebuilt on a larger scale in 1871-2, with the exception of the tower and the former Whorwood chapel. [...] The present church of ALL SAINTS dates from 1871-2. The building which it replaced had been altered on several occasions, notably in the late 18th century when a major reconstruction took place. The dedication was originally to St. Clement but was changed apparently in the 19th century. [...] The 15th-century font [...] and the chest formed from a hollowed tree [...] presumably survive from the medieval church" [footnoted in the VCH entry: " S. A. Jeavons, 'The Fonts of Staffs.' T.B.A.S. lxviii. 20; Willett, West Bromwich, 68; Hackwood, West Bromwich, 34"].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 568192 5819240
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.5344360, -1.9849140
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 218