Trimpley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12683TRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: Originally a chapel of ease to Kidderminster, the present church ws built by Harvey Eginton in 1844
Church Address: Hale Ln, Trimpley, Bewdley DY12 1NZ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1562 751923
Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A442, 5 km NW of Kidderminster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester
Additional Comments: not known whether an earlier font existed here
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports a font of solid stone in this church, a chapel-at-ease to Kidderminster. Its present font, which, like the rest of the church is in the Norman style, is illustrated in Flisker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tudorbarlow/tags/trimpley/] [accessed 20 July 2025]: the present font consists of a plain bucket-shaped basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base and a round-to-square lower base decorated with mouldings and corner details; round and flat wooden cover with know finial. [NB: not known whether an earlier font and church existed here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 546827 5806553
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.407203, -2.311622
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 24′ 25.93″ N, 2° 18′ 41.84″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51074] [accessed 14 February 2007]