Moreton Corbet / Moreton Turret / Mortone

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - chevron - cusped

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

UB01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 16398MOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, SY4 4DW
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the B5063, 2 km N of Shawbury, 8 km SE of Wem
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Norman
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
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006