Frodesley / Froddesley / Frodeslege

INFORMATION

FontID: 16316FRO

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mark

Church Patron Saints: St. Mark

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 13 km SE of Shrewsbury

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Anderson (1864) points out that Frodesley was "included in the churches of Salop deanery and Lichfield diocese, in 1291 was valued £2 per annum". Newman & Pevsner (2006) report a "big, plain C12 tub" font in this church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864

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