Kenley / Chenelie

INFORMATION

FontID: 16354KEN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

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

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

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

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

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