Colne nr. Burnleyup

Results: 5 records

B01: symbol - shield - coat of arms - Towneley family

"three mullets and a fesse" [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: "three mullets and a fesse" [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: [original source unknown]
Copyright Instructions: PD

view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tony Boughen, 2005
Image Source: Tony Boughen [www.lancashirechurches.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 7 January 2005)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01538COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early?), Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: The font at Bolton-by-Bowland [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Chantry chapel of St. Bartholomew
Font Location in Church: Inside the church/chapel, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Address: 28 Ivegate, Church St, Colne BB8 0LQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1282 869420
Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 10 km NE of Burnleyup the M65
Font Notes:
Butterworth (1841) reports simply "an interesting font" in this church. Wilson's Gazetteer (1870-1872) reports an old font at St. Bartholomew's. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy example of 15th century font; has symbols of the Passion. Described in Pevsner (1969) and in Hartwell & Pevsner (2009) as a gift of Lawrence Towneley [aka Townley] in 1590, "but oviously early C16. Concave-sided-octagonal, with shields and Instruments of the Passion." [NB: the later edition corrrects Pevsner's earlier errors of description]. Illustrated in the Lancashire Churches web site [www.lancashirechurches.co.uk]: "The early C16 font was the gift of Lawrence Townley of Barnside in 1590. It has an octagonal bowl decorated with shields wich show the Townley coat of arms, the instruments of the passion, IHS, and Townley's initials. It stands on a multi-columned pier. The font bears a close resemblance to that at St Peter and St Paul's, Bolton-by-Bowland." A fine octagonal baptismal font of the late 15th or early 16th century in the chantry chapel of St. Bartholomew founded by Laurence de Towneley/ Townley; it bears the coat of arms of the Towneleys/Townleys, "three mullets and a fesse" [source: www.burnley.gov.uk/towneley].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Tony Boughen, of www.lancashirechurches.co.uk, for the photograph of this font.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 554572 5967953
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.8572, -2.1703
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 51′ 25.92″ N, 2° 10′ 13.08″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Location: on two of the sides emblems
Inscription Text: 1) "IHS" 2) [initials of Lawrence Townley: LT?]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: www.lancashirechurches.co.uk

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, round, with metal decorations and ring handle

REFERENCES

  • Butterworth, Edwin, A statistical sketch of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Manchester: Longman & Co.; Banks & Co., 1841, p. 27
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 205
  • Hartwell, Clare, Lancashire North, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 251
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lancashire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969, vol. 2: 106
  • Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872, [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Colne/]