Minsterley / Menistrelie
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16380MIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1690?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A488, W of Pontesbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Anderson (1864) states the name of the village seems to indicate that this had a collegiate church, perhaps the mother church of Westbury in Saxon times, but later its dependant. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the 1688-1699 church, and its font: "Boldly modelled octagonal bowl on a shortened baluster stem". [NB: we have no information on an earlier font of the original church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 357
- Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 407