Areley Kings No. 2 / Arely Regis / Arleia / Arley Kings / Arleye Kyng / Armleg / Earnley-by-Severn / Ernel / Erneleie / Ernleie / Larlegh de Rege / Hernelia / Kyngys Arelei / Lower Areley / Neather Arley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19474ARE

Object Type: Stoup

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman? / Transitional?

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bartholomew

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the NW corner

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew

Church Address: Rectory Lane, Areley Kings, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire DY13 0TB

Site Location: Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located on the A451, just SW of Stourport-on-Severn, and now adjacent to it, 16 km NNW of Worcester

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Worcester

Font Notes: Click to view

Miller (1890) notes the fragments and inscription, and remarks on the survival of the old holy water stoup from the old church. The Victoria County History (Worcester, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "At the north-west of the interior is a small plain stoup."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 548146 5798125

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 20' 10.56" N, 2° 17' 30.69" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Miller, George [Revd.], The Parishes of the Diocese of Worcester, Birmingham: Hall & English, 1890, vol. 2: 23