Hinstock / Stoche

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16344HIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A529, off the A41, S of Market Drayton
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) notes the existence of a church here by 1306. Newman & Pevsner (12006) described the present church as 18th century, "built soon after 1719-20". [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church]

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 142
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 300