Waters Upton / Upton Parva / Upton Waters / Uptone

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16476WAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century / 19th century, Norman? / Victorian?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A5, E of Shrewsbury
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
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, p. 154
  • Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 672