Norton-in-Hales / Nortune

INFORMATION

FontID: 16406NOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Chad
Church Patron Saints: St. Chad [aka, Ceaadda, Cedd, Ceoddi]
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 6 km NE of Market Drayton
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Anderson (1864) quotes Eyton (1959- ) suggesting Herbert Fitz Helgot as the founder of Norton-in-Hales church [NB: this Fitz Helgot was assessor to Henry I between 1108 and 1113, and later his viceror, according to Eyton (ibid.)]. Newman & Pevsner (2006) note there may be Norman traces in the otherwise Victorian doorway of the tower. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].

REFERENCES

Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864
Eyton, Robert William, The Antiquities of Shropshire, London: John Russell Smith, 1856-
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006