Moreton Corbet / Moreton Turret / Mortone

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 16398MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Address: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, SY4 4DW
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B5063, 2 km N of Shawbury, 8 km SE of Wem
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Anderson (1864) notes: "Originally styled a chapel, this, in 1148 was subject to Shawbury church". Newman & Pevsner (2006) note: "Font, sotne, idiosynchratic Gothic piece, probably late C18. Cusped chevron on the small bowl, steeply pointed arcading on the thick stem." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the medieval church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 523597 5850080

REFERENCES

  • Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 432
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 411