Habberley / Heberleye / Haburley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16322HAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [re-cut in 1766], Norman [altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Minsterley and Pontesbury, 13 km SW of Shrewsbury
Additional Comments: altered font / re-cut
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) notes: "Habberley Chapel was anciently subject to the church of Westbury", but by Henry VIII's time [1509+], had become independent. Newman & Pevsner (2006) report a font here: "Small, cylindrical. C12, recut in 1766."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 357-358
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 277