Kenley / Chenelie

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16354KEN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist

Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located near Acton Burnell, 6 km WNW of Much Wenlock

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

Anderson (1864) notes an ancient church at Kenley, affiliated to Cound church. No font mentioned in Newman & Pevsner (2006). [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church]

REFERENCES

Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 207