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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16418RUY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

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

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist

Church Address: Church Street, Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, SY4 1LQ

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

Directions to Site: Located near just W of Baschurch, NW of Shrewsbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

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, p. 492