Crosscanonby / Cross Canonby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01532CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Aspatria, Bowness-on-Solway and Dearham
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: 1 The Gables, Crosscanonby, Maryport CA15 6SJ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1900 814192
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 5 kms NE of Maryport, just off the coastal rd. B5300
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as one of several “fonts in the churches of Cumberland [Bowness, Aspatria, Cross-Canonby and Dearham] which may be referred to Saxon times [...] all of a square form”. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. Cox (1913) cites Whellan as attributing "great antiquity" to this font. Pevsner (1967) writes: "Font. Square, C13, on five supports. On each side are big-scale heavy leaf motifs mostly in scroll or volute contexts (cf. Aspatria)."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 471207 6065651
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.7373, -3.4472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 44′ 14.28″ N, 3° 26′ 49.92″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 71
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 194
  • Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822, vol. III: p. cxciv
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 26, 114