Monkhopton / Monk Hopton
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2011 by Anthony Vosper [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2540508] [accessed 8 July 2015]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16381MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Monkhopton, Shropshire WV16 6SB
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 7 km S of Much Wenlock
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocdese of Hereford
Historical Region: Hundred of Munslow, Liberty and Borough of Wenlock
Date: ca. 1180?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Monkhopton in the Domesday survey, but is believed to have been part of Oxenbold. The Victoria County History (Shropshire, vol. 10, 1998) notes, after Eyton (1854- ): "The earliest fabric of Monkhopton church is 12th-century and a chaplain was mentioned c. 1180", but the "plain hexagonal font" is dated 19th-century. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.53806, -2.554315
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 32′ 17.02″ N, 2° 33′ 15.53″ W
UTM: 30U 530228 5820979
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-04-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.