Grinshill / Grivelesul

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16321GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A49, NNE of Shrewsbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) notes a chapel here, "an ancient foundation". Newman & Pevsner (2006) mention a medieval church replaced by the 19th-century building. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font]

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 433
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 276