Distington
INFORMATION
FontID: 07377CUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Spirit
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Spirit
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the A595/A596, 6-7 km N of Whitehaven, the same distance S of Workington
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1662
Century and Period: 17th century, Restoration / Stuart
Font Notes:
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Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a Restoration baptismal font dated 1662. Cox (1913) gives the location of the font as the porch.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907