Middleton Scriven / Middeltone

INFORMATION

FontID: 16378MID
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 9 km SW of Bridgnorth
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Anderson (1864) notes a church here in the 1291 and 1341 tax valuations. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note a church "built to replace a small medieval church in 1845-6"; in it: "Font. Circular, in a very elaborate imitation Norman with figure scenes". [NB we have no information on an earlier font here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.485199, -2.471332
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 29′ 6.71″ N, 2° 28′ 16.79″ W
UTM: 30U 535900 5815137

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