Kynnersley / Chinardeseie / Kinardeseye / Kinardesheye / Kinnersley / Kynnasshey
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kynnersley church is dedicated to St Chad. Though originally medieval, the nave was rebuilt in the 19th century and the tower dates from 1722-3."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Halling, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 May 201 by Philip Halling [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5869195] [accessed 1 January 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5]
INFORMATION
FontID: 16357KYN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Chad
Church Patron Saints: St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Church Location: Mill Ln, Kynnersley, Telford TF6 6DY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1952 820217
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A5-A518 crossroads, 8 km NNE of Wellington, 12 km NNW of Telford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of Wrockwardine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Kynnersley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ6716/kynnersley/] [accessed 1 January 2021]; it mentions neither priest nor church in it. Anderson (1864) notes a chapel here in 1174. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ6727216703] notes: "Small sandstone built church. Medieval nave [...] Medieval chancel [...] West tower built 1722-3 [...] Font has rough round bowl on Victorian stem." [NB: we have no other information on the font of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.74697, -2.48627
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 44′ 49.09″ N, 2° 29′ 10.57″ W
UTM: 30U 534678 5844247
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864