Ford nr. Shrewsbury / Forde / Fordsholme
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16315FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church Of St. Michael
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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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, [transcribed in http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Ford/index.html] [accessed 7 April 2010]
- Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 270
- Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872, [transcribed in /www.visionofbritain.org.uk] [accessed 7 April 2010]