Pitchford / Picford / Piceforde

INFORMATION

FontID: 16410PIT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 9 km SE of Shrewsbury

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view

Anderson (1864) notes: "Pitchford church appears to have been founded by Ralph de Pitchford, during the reign of Henry I [1100-1135], or Stephen [1135-1154]". Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the font in this church: "C12. Plain, egg-shaped."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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