Sheriffhales / Sheriff Hales
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Staffordshire County Council, 2003
Image Source: sepia drawing (1843) by John Buckler in the William Salt Library in Staffordshire Past-Track [http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=8448] [accessed 23 April 2010]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16423SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located N of the M54, ENE of Telford, by the Staffordshire border
Historical Region: formerly Staffordshire
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Restoration / Georgian
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font noted and illustrated in Staffordshire Past-Track [http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=8448] [accessed 23 April 2010] in a 1843 drawing by John Buckler in the collections of the William Salt Library: "Description: 'Font in Sheriff Hales Church, Staffordshire,' showing a small round bowl on a tapering pillar, resting on a square block. Sheriffhales was in Staffordshire until 1895, since when it has been part of Shropshire. Artist: 'J. B.,' [John Buckler]."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round