Whitbeck / Whidbek
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01537WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: medieval church restored in 1883
Church Address: Main St, Bootle, Millom LA19, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1992 718632
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A595, 9 km NW of Millom
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Cox (1913) describes it as "of an unusual and effective Early English design". The font appears, illustrated in context of the church interior, in http://www.visitcumbria.com/churches/whitbeck.htm [accessed 30 January 2010].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 476996 6010683
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54° 14′ 36.96″ N, 3° 21′ 10.8″ W
54.2436, -3.353
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 14′ 36.96″ N, 3° 21′ 10.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 19
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 194