Onibury / Aneberie / Onebury / Onybury

INFORMATION

FontID: 16407ONI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

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

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Ludlow

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman

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