Myndtown / Menede / Munad / Munede / Munete / Mynton
INFORMATION
FontID: 16402MYN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NE of Bishop's Castle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
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The church here is noted with an incumbent by 1200 in Eyton (1859- ). Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "The egg-shaped bowl is probably of the C12".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Eyton, Robert William, The Antiquities of Shropshire, London: John Russell Smith, 1856-
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006