Withington nr. Shrewsbury / Wientone

INFORMATION

FontID: 16485WIT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A5, E of Shrewsbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Anderson (1864) notes the church at Withington "existent so early as 1159 […] original a chapel of Upton Magna, it belonged to Shrewsbury Abbey." Newman & Pevsner (2006) note: "Font […] of white stone, octagonal on a stem of five circular shafts. Crocketed candlesnuffer cover."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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