Distington
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07377CUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration / Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Spirit
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Spirit
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
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 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, p. 80
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 174