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Image Source: detail of a engraving in Eyton (1859) and Anderson (1864) from a drawing by J. Roberts
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving in Eyton (1859) and Anderson (1864) from a drawing by J. Roberts
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13615CHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A41, 12-13 km NW of Newport
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view 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
Eyton, Robert William, The Antiquities of Shropshire, London: John Russell Smith, 1856-