Hopton Castle / Opetune / Oppetune

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16346HOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [previous church here]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B5385, N of Burnell, 15 km SSE of Bishop's Castle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) notes the church of "St. Mary of Oppetune, was originally an affiliation of the church of Clun", and names an incumbent in it by 1290. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the new church: "Built in 1869-70 by Thomas Nicholason in place of a medieval church", with a "heavily, Neo-Norman" font in it. [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 504355 5805308

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 469-470