Longnor nr. Shrewsbury / Langanara / Langenalre / Langenore / Lege / Longenalra
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Longnor Church. Built as a chapel for nearby Longnor Hall in the 13th Century."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eirian Evans, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 September 2015 by Eirian Evans [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4780749] [accessed 29 July 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east
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view of church interior - looking west
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 1997 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2268403] [accessed 29 July 2019]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font in use
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2011
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 1997 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2268406] [accessed 29 July 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16366LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Vineyard Cottages, Longnor, Shrewsbury SY5 7PX, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A49, 1-2 km S of Dorrington, 13 km S of Shrewsbury
Historical Region: Hundred of Condover
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1280?
Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Early English
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Longnor [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ4800/longnor/] [accessed 29 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Anderson (1864) notes an early chapel here affiliated to Condover church and belonging to Shrewsbury Abbey. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note that it "was buil as a manorial chapel in the later C13, a perfect example of E[arly] E[nglish] architecture of c. 1280"; no font mentioned. The present font is modern, a round basin with a decorated rim, raised on clustered columns; low conical font cover, also modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.601064, -2.75887
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 36′ 3.83″ N, 2° 45′ 31.93″ W
UTM: 30U 516331 5827921
REFERENCES
Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006