St Michael, Aston Botterell, Shropshire

I Location

Site Location: Aston Botterell
National Grid Reference: SO 633 842
County: traditional: Shropshire
now: Shropshire
Diocese: medieval: not confirmed
now: Hereford
Dedication: medieval: not confirmed
now (or name of monument): St Michael
Type of building/monument: Parish church

II General Description

The church has a 12th to 13thc. chancel and nave. The nave has a S aisle of the mid-13thc. The tower is substantially 19thc. but the tower arch remains from the late 13thc. or 14thc. Romanesque sculpture is found on the late 12thc. font.

V Furnishings

1. Fonts

(i)

: Font, N face.

: Font, SE face.

Tub-shaped. Modern base. One row of nail head ornament followed by convex ring in top third of font. Pronounced chamfer below convex ring. The chamfer is uneven, resulting in a somewhat lop-sided appearance of the font. Lead-lined round bowl. Yellow sandstone. At W end of nave.

Dimensions

h.	0.73 m
circ. top	2.43 m
circ. bottom	1.41 m
diam., outer	0.76 m
diam., inner	0.55 m

VII History

At the time of DS the manor was held by Tochil from Rainald the Sheriff (under Earl Roger). Before the conquest it was held by Elric. The church is not mentioned until the Taxation of 1291.

VIII Comments/Opinions

IX Bibliography

R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, 1, London: J. R. Smith, 1857, 222-29.
D. H. S. Cranage, An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, vol. 1 pt. 4, 1895, 270-1.
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Shropshire. London 1958, 63.