Mobberley No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10766MOB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Wilfrid
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E end, S aisle [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Wilfrid [aka Wilfred, Wilfrith]
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B5085, just NE of Knutsford
Additional Comments: disused font / abandoned font: 17th-century basin hidden away in the belfry; now back in the nave [but not in use]
Font Notes:
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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, p. 240