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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Side elevation to St. Michael's Church, Cardeston just off the A458."
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The tall tower of St Michael's church."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J Scott, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 24 January 2008 by J Scott [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/690531] [accessed 18 April 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16273CAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Yockleton Rd, Alberbury with Cardeston, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A458, 18 km W of Shrewsbury
Font Location in Church: In the vestibule of the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Anderson (1864) notes a chapel in existence in 1291 and 1341 tax assessments, and an incumbent as early as 1276. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the 1749 church was built "reusing some masonry of a late C12 church", but do not mention a font in this church. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ3957512307] note: "Parish church. Dated 1749, incorporating probably C12 fragments [...] possibly C17 stone font in vestibule with octagonal base and bowl, and cover dated 1926".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.705,
-2.896
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 42′ 18″ N,
2° 53′ 45.6″ W
UTM: 30U 507027 5839460
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1926
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006