Broughton-in-Furness / Barton / Borch / Brocton / Broctun / WestBroughton

The is an entry for Broughton [in-Furness] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SD2087/broughton-in-furness/] [accessed 22 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Whitaker (1823) states: "The church of Broughton is dedicated to the Holy Trinity" and mentions no font in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Norman period here. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "Though it is clear that a church has existed here from an early time, no written record of it has been preserved earlier than 1547 [...] Previous to 1873 the church consisted of a chancel and nave under one roof [...] Of this church, however, only the nave and chancel were of any antiquity, the former being part of the original 12th-century church, and the chancel, then filled with seats, a 16th-century extension [...] The font is octagonal on plan, similar in shape to those at Dalton and Urswick, the sides curving in, each having a blank shield, and may be of late 15th, but more probably of early 16th-century date [...] Before the rebuilding the font stood half buried in the wall opposite the south door, encrusted with many coats of paint." Noted in Pevsner (1969): Font. Octagonal, with a goblet bowl and shields." The Visit Cumbria site [www.visitcumbria.com] describes the font at St. Mary's as 15th-century. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SD2093287385] notes: "Church. Medieval south aisle, formerly nave and chancel, with C12 south entrance. C16 and Cl9 alterations; single-vessel nave and chancel, 1874; south-west tower, 1900. [...] goblet form font with moulded base and shaft". [NB: Pevsner [supra] gives the consecration date of St Mary's as 1547, but notes that "the S doorway is Late Norman". Did a Norman font still exist ca. 1907?].