Church Eaton
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Church Eaton is a small English village in the west of Staffordshire lying some 6 miles southwest of Stafford, 6 miles northwest of Penkridge and just 4 miles from the Shropshire border. It lies in gently rolling dairy farming countryside.
[edit] Church
The village church dedicated to Saint Editha largely dates from the 12th century, having a square west tower with a spire, a large east window of fine stained glass and "the broken and repaired remains of an elaborate early 12th century font, closely related to the font at Bradley,"[1] and that at Lilleshall, except that the font at Bradley[2] is in much better condition. Pevsner also states that these fonts were all made at Gnosall.
[edit] References
- ^ N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, Harmondsworth, 1974, p.104 & pp.135-36
- ^ Photograph of the Norman Font in Bradley Church
