Forton
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Results: 2 records
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2005 by Craig Thornber [http://www.thornber.net/staffs/html/forton.html] [standing permission]
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view of font
Scene Description: the 18th-century font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2005 by Craig Thornber [http://www.thornber.net/staffs/html/forton.html] [standing permission]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 17205FOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Forton, Newport TF10 8BY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1952 820080
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off the A519, 2-3 km NNE of Newport and the Shropshire border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
No entry for this Forton found in the Domesday survey. The SNAP Newport History Society entry for Forton Hall and All Saints Church reports "remains of a Saxon font" in the church [http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/resource:20081127081008]. The Staffordshire Past-Track site [http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=3711], however, mentions only "a white marble font, dated 1723" in this church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.78768,
-2.3648
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 47′ 15.65″ N,
2° 21′ 53.28″ W
UTM: 30U 542837 5848841
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: fragment?