Mobberley No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 10766MOB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid
Church Patron Saints: St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the B5085, just NE of Knutsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S aisle [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th century,
Richards (1973) reports two fonts in this church; the first one, disused now: "formerly hidden away in the belfry, the seventeenth century marble font [i.e., basin] with wooden pedestal, is now [i.e., 1947-1973] placed at the east end of the south aisle." [cf. Index entry for Mobberley No. 2 for the second font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

REFERENCES

Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973