Knighton on Teme / Knighton-on-Teme / Knighton-upon-Teme

INFORMATION

FontID: 16606KNI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & Alll Angels

Country Name: England

Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Tenbury Wells, 8 km SW of Cleobury Mortimer, in the civil parish of Lindridge [Coordinates: 52° 20′ 22.66″ N, 2° 32′ 33.1″ W 52.339627, -2.542529]

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century

Font Notes: Click to view

The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 3, 1913) entry for Lindridge notes on the Church of St. Michael, Knighton-on-Teme: "The earliest church of which portions now remain dated from the early 12th century [...] The font has a shallow bowl and a baluster stem, with a round moulded base." Brooks & Pevsner (2007) have: "Font. Round bowl on baluster stem, C17-C18." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-05-27 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Brooks, Alan, Worcestershire, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2007