Ruyton / Ruitone / Ruyton-XI-Towns / Ruyton-juxta-Baschurch / Ruyton of the Eleven Towns

INFORMATION

FontID: 16418RUY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Church Street, Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, SY4 1LQ
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located near just W of Baschurch, NW of Shrewsbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Newman & Pevsner (2006) note the "Norman nave and chancel" but do not mention a font in it. The Parish website [www.rxit.org.uk] [accessed 21 April 2010] shows a modern octagonal font at the west end of the nave, south side. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font, which is likely to have been replaced in the mid-19th century restoration of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 506810 5849304

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006