Alberbury / Alberberie

INFORMATION

FontID: 16224ALD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 15 km NW of Shrewsbury
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
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