Onibury / Aneberie / Onebury / Onybury

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16407ONI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels

Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Ludlow

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

Anderson (1864) notes a church probably existed here before Domesday, since it names a priest in this location ["Aneberie"]. The medieval font was probably lost in one of the church renovations.

REFERENCES

Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 324