Moresby
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08819MOR
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bridget
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A595, about 3 km N of Whitehaven, 10 km S of Workington
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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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, p. 108
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 238