Albrighton is a small village consisting of a few dwellings with the church and hall, 4 miles N of Shrewsbury on the Ellesmere road. It was formerly a chapelry in the parish of St Mary, Shrewsbury but became a parish in 1866. The church consists of a chancel with a polygonal apse and a nave with a bellcote, all in red sandstone in a Norman style. Construction is by John Carline of Shrewsbury (1840-41), who built the nave, and the chancel was added under the direction of the squire, W. M. Sparrow, between 1867 and 1881. In 1906 a vestry and organ chamber were added in a Gothic style. The only Romanesque feature is the font.

Albrighton was held by a free man named Geri in 1066, and by Ealhhere from Warin in 1086. Warin was the predecessor of Reginald the Sheriff, who held most of his land from Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury. Albrighton was assessed at 3 hides. Following the account of Leach (1891), it was given to the monks of Shrewsbury Abbey before the Conquest and remained in their hands until the Dissolution.

Pevsner (1958) calls the font Norman, while the List Description has 'probably C12'. Eyton (1891) confirms that the Norman font was in the church in 1891. No obvious parallels for the unusual decoration have yet been identified, although the blind arcading below a band of chevron of the font at St Giles, Shrewsbury might be relevant.