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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16397MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Bishop's Castle
Additional Comments: disappeared?
Font Notes:
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Anderson (1864) names an incumbent of this church in 1220-1230. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the massive tower as "probably C13", but do not mention a font. [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church]
REFERENCES
- Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 474
- Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 410