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Font Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Kinnerley, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7819 / 52°46'54"N

Longitude: -2.9828 / 2°58'57"W

OS Eastings: 333809

OS Northings: 320937

OS Grid: SJ338209

Mapcode National: GBR 76.XV95

Mapcode Global: WH8BB.4BWM

Plus Code: 9C4VQ2J8+QV

Entry Name: Font Approximately 2 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 21 October 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1054676

English Heritage Legacy ID: 256568

ID on this website: 101054676

Location: St Mary's Church, Kinnerley, Shropshire, SY10

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Kinnerley

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Kinnerley St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


KINNERLEY C.P. KINNERLEY
SJ 32 SW

7/20 Font approx. 2m
- west of porch of Church
of St. Mary

GV II

Font. Probably C12. Crudely carved octagonal tub shape with hole
in basin. Zig-zag decoration to base and Greek palindromic inscription
to rim, largely illegible at time of resurvey (October 1986) but known
to read (translated) "CLEANSE YOUR SIN, NOT YOUR FACE ONLY". In early
C20 the font stood in the gnounds of The Nursery, West Felton C.P. (not
included in this list) but was formerly inside the Church of St. Mary
(q.v.). D.H.S. Cranage, The Churches of Shropshire, Part 9 (1908)
p. 795; Francis Bond, Fonts and Font Covers (1908, reprinted 1985) p.
113.


Listing NGR: SJ3380920937

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