Middleton, nr. Bitterley / Middeltone / Middleton Highford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16376MID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Chapel, later Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Address: Holy Trinity 1/4 mile along the lane to Hopton Cangeford., Middleton, Shropshire, SY8 2DZ
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A49, near Bitterley, NE of Ludlow
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
According to Anderson (1864), the chapel of Midlleton, near Bitterley, was "subject at first to Bitterley church, afterwards belonged to Wenlock priory. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a Norman nave and chancel, but the church was re-built in the mid-19th century; they report a font of 1858 in this church. [NB: we have no information on an earlier font in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 499529 5856029

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 325
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 403