Ford nr. Shrewsbury / Forde / Fordsholme

INFORMATION

FontID: 16315FOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church Of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Shrewsbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) reports a very old font in the ancient church of St. Michael at Ford, "or Fordsholme". Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) reports an old font as well. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a modern font by E. Haycock Junior, from the renovation he carried out in 1875 in this church. [NB: we have no information on the present whereabouts of the old font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 508751 5840881

REFERENCES

The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Isles, London: Virtue & Co., 1868

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

Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872