Alveley / Alvidelege

INFORMATION

FontID: 16226ALV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Alveley, Shropshire, WV15 6ND

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 10 km SSE of Brdgnorth

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a [modern?] font "incised with the famous Greek baptismal palindrome" [i.e.: NIPHON ANOM HMATAMH MONA NOPHIN = Cleanse your sin, not your face only]. [NB: we have no information on the original font of the Norman church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 543963 5812066

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Greek

Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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