Great Bolas / Bolas Magna / Boulwas

INFORMATION

FontID: 16318BOL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Shropshire, TF10 8JW
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 11 km N of Wellington
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Medieval
Anderson (1864) documents a church in Bolas Magna in the valuation of 1291. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a font "dated 1843" in this church, but also chancel stalls that "are no doubt C17". [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of the early church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 531475 5848271

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