Stafford No. 3 / Stadford / Statford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12771STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font2, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 25 km N of Wolverhampton up the M6
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Lichfield]
Font Notes:
There are four entries for this Stafford [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ9223/stafford/] [accessed 16 July 2019] none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "the lower portion of an ancient font or piscina [...] found on repairing the walls of the castle, some years since."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragment

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=51293] [accessed 2 March 2007]