Caynham / Caiham / Cainham / Kayham

INFORMATION

FontID: 16274CAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Ludlow
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) writes "Achelard, parson of Caynham, died 1179", and notes that the church there, noted in the 1291 tax assessments, was probably part of the gift given ca. 1080 by Hugh de Mortimer to the Abbey of Wigmore [NB: Hugh de Mortimer (1108-1185). Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a modern font "presume by Brooks" in this church [NB: James Brooks re-built the Norman (?) church in the 1880s. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 523157 5800467

REFERENCES

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