Ryton nr. Beckbury / Ruitone
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16419RYT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the tower arch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just NNW of Beckbury, 5-4 km SE of Shiffnal
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Anderson (1864) notes: "Ryton Church is inferred to have existed in 1186, from the circumstance that the priest of Ryton attested a charter of that date." Newman & Pevsner (2006) date the present church to "an early C18 reconstruction of a medieval church", and do not mention a font in it. The Parish Guide to this church [www.churches.lichfield.anglican.org/shifnal/beckbury/ryton.htm] [accessed 21 April 2010] notes: "The font is unusually recessed into the tower arch and the style of its carved decorations indicates it is 14th century" [NB: we have no information on the earlier font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, p. 62
- Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 494