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Image Source: engraving in Eyton (1859) and Anderson (1864) from a drawing by J. Roberts
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13615CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A41, 12-13 km NW of Newport
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Eyton (1859) and in Anderson (1864) with an engraving from a drawing by J. Roberts. Octagonal tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period; the tall basin sides appear slightly concave; it is raised on a squat base of the same shape. The Salopian Shreds and Patches (issue for January 7, 1880 (p. 3)) reports the re-opening and re-consecration of this church and the relocation of the font, "which is of a very early type […] in the space on the ground floor".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, pl. 131
  • Eyton, Robert William, The Antiquities of Shropshire, London: John Russell Smith, 1856-, vol. VIII: 18 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=gfIGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=shawbury+church+font&source=web&ots=4IkbWSFmBc&sig=j7RT2cILQdjUyWBXqHGst_lrAAI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP9,M1] [accessed 15 July 2008]