Uffington nr. Shrewsbury / Ofitone

INFORMATION

FontID: 16472UFF

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity

Church Location: Mill Lane, Uffington, Shropshire SY4 4SN

Country Name: England

Location: Shropshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Shrewsbury

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Anderson (1864) notes an ancient chapel here. Newman & Pevsner (2006) report a modern mid-19th century font by S. Pountney Smith, the architect responsible for the new church that replaced the medieval one here [NB: presumably the old font was disposed of at the time]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 520596 5841296

REFERENCES

Anderson, John Corbet, Shropshire, its early history and antiquities, comprising […], London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864

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