Crosby-on-Eden / Crosby-upon-Eden

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01531CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [altered font?], Norman[altered?]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Address: Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle CA6 4QP, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 16977 41304
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: This is probably Low Crosby, one of the two "Crosby" located to the E of, and very near, Carlisle, besides the river Eden.
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Additional Comments: altered font?
Font Notes:
Bulmer's Directory of 1884 notes [transcribed in [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/CrosbyonEden/index.html] [accessed 30 January 2010] : "The old Norman font, which stood in the original edifice, is still preserved in the church ; but it possesses no features deserving a special description". Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period [NB: C&H give "Crosby-on-Eden", as does Crockford's; there is a High and a Low, both by the Eden river, near Carlisle]. Cox (1913) describes it: "the old square font has the corners chamfered to join a circular shaft", which appears to indicate the chamfering is not original.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 509996 6087236
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.932, -2.844
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 55′ 55.2″ N, 2° 50′ 38.4″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 70
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 194