Moresby

INFORMATION

FontID: 08819MOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bridget
Church Patron Saints: St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the A595, about 3 km N of Whitehaven, 10 km S of Workington
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as "a large stoup, of the time of Henry III" [i.e., 1216+], being used at the time as a baptismal font. In his later work on the region (1913) Cox notes: "A supposed old font has been built into the wall of the porch, but it is probably a large holy-water stoup."

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