Baschurch / Bascherche / Eglwysseu Bassa

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16232BAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1681
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Sanits
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km NW of Shrewsbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)?
Font Notes:
Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Font. Octagonal. Dated 1681." Anderson (1864) cites the 6th-century Welsh poet Llyware Hen, who spoke of "the churches of Bassa", and adds that the church at Baschurch , "originally a collegiate church, was given by Earl Roger of Montgomery to Shrewsbury Abbey" [NB: Roger de Montgomie was one of William the Conqueror's counsellors and died in 1094].. [NB: we have no information from the earlier font(s) of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 409-410
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 134