Clive

INFORMATION

FontID: 16280CLI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located sanwiched between the A49, to the E, and the B5476, to the W, near Grinshill, S of Aston, N of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Octagonal font with aspiring openwork iron cover". Probably from the late-19th century re-building of the former Norman chapel of St. Mary. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font(s) of the medieval chapel].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 518779 5856233

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal, iron
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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