Clive
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16280CLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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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, p. 217