Middleton-in-Chirbury / Mildetune

INFORMATION

FontID: 16377MID
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located ENE of Chirbury. 11 km NNW of Bishops Castle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Newman & Pevsner (2006) report a font "boldly and humorously carved by" Rev. Waldergrave Brewster, local parson, 1876-1884. Newman & Pevsner (ibid.) further note that the 19th-century church replaced a 14th-century chapel, but we have no information of an earlier font in it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 494354 5825925

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006