Crowle nr. Worcester No. 2 / Crauley / Crobled / Croelai / Croh Lea / Crohlea / Croley / Croll / Crolle / Croulega / Croull / Crowel / Crowley

INFORMATION

FontID: 08797CRO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [formerly St. Peter's]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist [pormerly dedicated to St. Peter]
Church Location: Bredicot Lane, Crowle, Worcestershire WR7 4AY
Country Name: England
Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located E of the M5 and N of the A422, about 6 km E of Worcester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Historical Region: Hundred of Oswaldslow [Domesday] -- Hundred of Ash
Font Location in Church: In the porch, on the left-hand side
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font. We are also grateful to Edwin Green, of www.ewgreen.org.uk and www.shropshirebaptist.org.uk, for his permission to use the drawing of the font by his father, William Albert Green.
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907: 236) as a holy-water stoup located in the porch of this church, on the left-hand side, an uncommon location. [NB: there is no mention in C&H of the beautiful 15th-century baptismal font in this locality -- cf. Index entry for Crowle No. 1]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.202767, -2.11401
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 12′ 9.96″ N, 2° 6′ 50.44″ W
UTM: 30U 560548 5783961

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907