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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08797CRO
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [formerly St. Peter's]
Font Location in Church: In the porch, on the left-hand side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist [pormerly dedicated to St. Peter]
Church Address: Bredicot Lane, Crowle, Worcestershire WR7 4AY
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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 Notes:
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]
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.

COORDINATES

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

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 236