Bidston / Bidston cum Ford

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18257BID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Church Address: Bidston Village Road, Bidston, Wirral, CH43 7QT
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in Birkenhead, the Wirral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Wirral
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 13thC-15thC church here?)
Font Notes:
Ellis (1902) notes the font here as not medieval [NB: we have no information on the font from the original 13th-15th century church here]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 495539 5917038
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.4024, -3.0671
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 24′ 8.64″ N, 3° 4′ 1.56″ W

REFERENCES

  • Ellis, John W., "The Mediaeval Fonts of the Hundreds of West Derby and Wirral", LVIII (New series: XVII), Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1902, pp. 59-80; p. 80