Mottram / Mottram-in-Longdendale
Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Standing permission
Results: 3 records
R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
Scene Description: all around the rim side, somewhat irregular
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Raymond Richards, 1973
Image Source: Richards (1973)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01433MOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Mottram in Longale, Greater Manchester, UK
Site Location: Greater Manchester, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A538, E of Alderley, S of Manchester
Historical Region: formerly Cheshire
Additional Comments: recycled font: used for some years as a water tank -- later restored to the church MUST USE
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period, "rude, early". Described and illustrated in Richards (1973): "The twelfth century font [...] with its cylindrical bowl, provides convincing proof of the existence of a former Norman chapel on the site of the present church. At one time it was wantonly removed from its rightful position, and until brought back into the church in 1855 it served as a water tank beneath the roof." [We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 565732 5923268
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.45432, -2.0101
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 27′ 15.55″ N, 2° 0′ 36.36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: barrel-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: wooden, flat and round, with ring handle
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 189
- Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973, p. 245, pl. 261