Albrighton / Monks' Albrighton / Etburtone

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - chevron - beaded-tape

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 16222ALB
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [originally from the Norman Chapel]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located N of Shrewsbury [not to be mistaken with another Albrighton in this county, located W of Telford, SE of Shifnal, and with a church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene]
Font Location in Church: Inside the modern [renovated] church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Eyton (1859- ) notes a baptismal font at Albrighton church. Anderson (1864) notes: "The ancient font in the present church [i.e., St. John's] is a relic of the former chapel". The 'Salopian shreds and patches' (issue of 15 October 1879: 234) reports on the re-opening of Albrighton Church on Sunday, 12 October 1879) and notes: "The old Norman font is preserved". Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "A genuine Norman piece. Tapered tub with bold beaded chevron and a kind of upright petal motif below."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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-
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006