Kings Bromley / Bromley Regis

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09836STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1664
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km N of Lichfield
Font Notes:
Described in Pevsner (1975 c1974: 163): "Font. 1664. Moulded, and with little decoration." A nineteenth-century illustration of this font is listed in an entry in the William Salt Library, Stafford [www.staffordshire.gov.uk/live/pdf/archives/fis-lei.pdf] under reference SV V.55b a sepia drawing dated 1839, by 'J.B.' [John Buckley] -- 5 in. x 5 in. "'Font in Kings Bromley Church, Staffordshire.' showing an octagonal font. Round the bowl are a series of small shields, and on the stem is carved 'S.M. 1664'". [NB: an earlier font must have existed in this church the origins of which are Norman, but no information on it is available].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the stem
Inscription Text: "S.M. 1664"
Inscription Source: [www.staffordshire.gov.uk/live/pdf/archives/fis-lei.pdf]

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Staffordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975 c1974, p. 163