Eyton-upon-the-Weald-Moors / Eyton-on-the-Wealdmoors / Etone / Eyton-super-Wyldmor
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: EXT SE digital photograph taken 23 September 2005 by Bob Bowyer [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/57168] [accessed 9 July 2015]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2005 by Bob Bowyer [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/57168] [accessed 9 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16311EYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Location: Eyton on the Wealdmoors, Shropshire, TF6 6ET
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 4 km N of Wellington, 19 km SE of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of Wrockwardine [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Bradford
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Eyton [-upon-the-Weald-Moors] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SJ6514/eyton-upon-the-weald-moors/] [accessed 9 July 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Anderson (1864) suggests that this church "appears to have been founded by the lords of the manor [i.e., the Pantulfs], and always subject to their presentation. It is 'dedicated to St. Catherine'". The Victoria County History (Shropshire, vol. 11, 1985) notes: "Eyton church was recorded in 1336 when William of Kynardeseye was instituted on the death of the previous rector", and reports a font and cover contemporary with the 1743 church that replaced the demolished medieval church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.729973, -2.518837
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 43′ 47.9″ N, 2° 31′ 7.81″ W
UTM: 30U 532492 5842342
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1743
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-04-07 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864