Madeley nr. Newcastle-under-Lyme / Great Madeley
INFORMATION
FontID: 16461MAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A525, 8 km W of Newcastle-under-Lyme, just across from the Shropshire border [NB: not to be confused with a Madeley now part of Telford]
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in a sepia drawing done by John Buckler in 1840, now in the William Salt Library [http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk] [accessed 26 April 2010]. The font consists of a plain octagonal basin with sides tapering to a rounded underbowl, raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal