Beetham
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: Dating the font to 1636
INFORMATION
FontID: 07296BEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels [NB: Nicolson & Burn (1777) mention a local source attributing a dedication to St. Leoth [aka Lyth, Lioba, Liobgytha]
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the A6, 2-3 km S of Milnthorpe, just E of the mouth of the river Kent, Morecambe Bay, 18-20 km N of Lancaster
Historical Region: formerly Westmoreland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1636?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid) [font cover only?]
Font Notes:
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Described in Cox & Harvey (1907: 225) as a baptismal font dated 1636. Pevsner (1967) mentions only the cover: "Font cover. 1636. Octagonal, steeply spire-shaped." [NB: font and cover are illustrated in www.thecumbvriadirectory.com]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [1636]
Inscription Source: Cox & Harvey (1907: 225); Pevsner (1967: 226)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967