Alberbury / Alberberie

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16224ALD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
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 15 km NW of Shrewsbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
The name 'Alberberie' is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086), and Anderson (1864) notes that the church there was given to Shrewsbury Abbey in the reign of Stephen [1135-1154] [NB: we have no information on the original font from the pre-Conquest minster church here

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 358