Eskdale

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01538ESK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Early English? / Decorated?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Address: Church Lonnin, Eskdale, Boot CA19 1TG, United Kingdom
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Muncaster and Irton, in the diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: used as farm implement / disused font / restored font
Font Notes:
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in Cox (1913): "The large octagonal font is also 14th cent.; it was cast out in 1814 and used for farm purposes, but was replaced in the church about the time of the considerable restoration of the fabric in 1874." The Antipope website [http://www.antipope.org/feorag/wells/hope/cumberland.html] [accessed 31 January 2010] quotes Rev. J. Wilson, in Penrith Observer: "The font, which is a neat specimen of Early English style, bears St. Catharine's wheel."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 482429 6027071
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.3911, -3.2706
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 23′ 27.96″ N, 3° 16′ 14.16″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 83
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 194