Warton / Warton with Lindeth

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inscription

Scene Description: the inscription is located in the lead lining of the inner basin

view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Oswald's Church, Warton. The oldest part is the 14C south chapel. The tower, chancel and north arcade are in Perpendicular style, so were built in the 15C or 16C. The font was made in 1661 and has a delicately patterned lead lining." FONT+COVER IN CNTXT digital photograph taken 4 June 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/846420] [accessed 3 April 2019] FONT+COVER IN CNTXT_2 digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4841] [accessed 3 April 2019] [accessed 3 April 2019]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Humphrey Bolton, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2006 by Humphrey Bolton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/166425] [accessed 3 April 2019]

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view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/846448] [accessed 3 April 2019]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the baptismal font is visible at the far [west] end of the centre aisle

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/846446] [accessed 3 April 2019]

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view of font and cover in context - north side

Scene Description: the south entranceway is visible at the far back

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 June 2008 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/846420] [accessed 3 April 2019]

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view of font and cover in context - west side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4841] [accessed 3 April 2019] [accessed 3 April 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01545WAR
Museum and Inventory Number: N//A
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Oswald [aka Holy Trinity]
Church Patron Saints: St. Oswald of Nothumbria [Holy Trinity?]
Church Location: 69 Main St, Warton, Carnforth LA5 9PG, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Lancashire, North West
Directions to Site: Located W of the M6, just N of Carnforth, 10-12 km N of Lancaster
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Blackburn
Historical Region: Hundred of Lonsdale -- Hundred of Amounderness [in Domesday]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only] -- 17th century[base only] -- [composite font], Medieval / composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross & Britain Express Ltd [www.britainexpress.com] for the photograph of this font
There is an entry for Warton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SD4972/warton/] [accessed 3 April 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Norman period here. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "The oldest part of the structure is the south aisle wall, which is of 14thcentury date, probably marking the extent of the nave of the mediaeval church [...] The font is a plain stone cylinder 2 ft. high and 2 ft. 3 in. in diameter, and may be of Norman date. It stands on a modern moulded base, and is lined with elaborately wrought lead work bearing the date 1661 and the initials R. B. G. M. [...] Probably for Sir Robert Bindloss and Sir George Middleton" [cf. infral]. Pevsner (1969) notes: " Font. The base is typical of 1661, its date, in the one elementary geometrical pattern. Also dated 1661 the lead interior, and this has much finer, indeed very delicate, patterns." Hartwell & Pevsner (2009) add a note oits cylindrical shape. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SD4982972316] notes: "Church, late C15th with a C14th south aisle wall and a C16th north aisle and north arcade. Restored 1848, when the south arcade was rebuilt, and 1842 [...] The cylindrical font, at the west end of the south aisle is set on a base dated '1661'. " The Lancashire Churches web site [www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/warton.htm] notes that Sir George Middleton of Leighton, Sir Robert Binloss of Borwick Hall and Nathaniel West are commemorated on the font: "They restored it in 1661, adding a new plinth and an intricately patterned lead lining." Ann Sotheran, in the Open Churches Trust web page states: "The font is dated 1661 but originates from the 12th century [www.openchurchestrust.org.uk/Warton.htm].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.1442, -2.7694
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 8′ 39.12″ N, 2° 46′ 9.84″ W
UTM: 30U 515063 5999590

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: new lead lining added in 1661 [cf. FontNotes]
Diameter (includes rim): 68.58 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60.96 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: in the lead lining
Inscription Text: [1661 - R.B.G.M.]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal decoration atop; modern

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-05-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Hartwell, Clare, Lancashire North, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2009
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lancashire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969