Richards Castle
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![EXT SE digital photograph taken 17 June 2007 by Jonathan Ormond [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/469990] [accessed 28 October 2013]
EXT NW digital photograph taken 4 October 2013 by Jeremy Bolwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684734] [accessed 28 October 2013]
INT E digital photograph taken 4 October 2013 by Jeremy Bolwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684740] [accessed 28 October 2013]
"FONT" (mortar?) digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3866] [accessed 28 October 2013] STANDING PERMIT](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1131103005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: EXT SE digital photograph taken 17 June 2007 by Jonathan Ormond [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/469990] [accessed 28 October 2013]
EXT NW digital photograph taken 4 October 2013 by Jeremy Bolwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684734] [accessed 28 October 2013]
INT E digital photograph taken 4 October 2013 by Jeremy Bolwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684740] [accessed 28 October 2013]
"FONT" (mortar?) digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3866] [accessed 28 October 2013] STANDING PERMIT
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Ormond, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2007 by Jonathan Ormond [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/469990] [accessed 28 October 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west end
Scene Description: the west end of the church and the separate tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeremy Bolwell, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2013 by Jeremy Bolwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684734] [accessed 28 October 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jeremy Bolwell, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2013 by Jeremy Bolwell [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3684740] [accessed 28 October 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of object
![the medieval (?) mortar now used as a font [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1131103008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the medieval (?) mortar now used as a font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd., 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3866] [accessed 28 October 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 18731RIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Bartholomew
Church Location: Richards Castle, nr Ludlow, Herefordshire, SY8 4ET
Country Name: England
Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the border between Shorpshire and Herefordshire, near the Wales-England border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Hereford
Historical Region: formerly Shropshire -- Hundred of Munslow (part) and Hundred of Wolphy (part)
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church Notes: detached-tower church (the tower is 14thC) -- there is moden (1892) church dedicated to All Saints nearby
Font Notes:
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The church here. originally of the 12th century, is described in the RCHM (Herefordshire, vol. 3, NW (1934): 170-174), without a mention of any font in it. Byrne (2013) mentions no font in it. The present 'font' in this church resembles a large medieval mortar, square, with bulging side; stands now on a square pillar. [NB: we have no information on the font from the original 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.3282, -2.7581
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 19′ 41.52″ N, 2° 45′ 29.16″ W
UTM: 30U 516485 5797570
REFERENCES
Byrne, Matthew, Beautiful churches saved by The Churches Conservation Trust, London: Frances Lincoln, 2013
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1931-1934