Waters Upton / Upton Parva / Upton Waters / Uptone

INFORMATION

FontID: 16476WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A5, E of Shrewsbury
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century / 19th century, Norman? / Victorian?
Font Notes:
Newman & Pevsner (2006) report a font "drumshaped, on a thick round stem", in a church of 1864-1865 by G.E. Street, but Anderson (1864) reports that the original church here was given to Shrewsbury Abbey ca. 1245.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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