Lindale No. 1 / Lindale in Cartmel
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view of church interior
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09458LIN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Lancashire, North West
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 9th - 11th century, Pre-Conquest
Cognate Fonts: Comparable in general shape to the Saxon font at Morwenstow, Cornwall
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in 'Lancashire Churches' [www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/lindale.htm]: "Lindale [...] possesses what is described as a Saxon font. This carved and hollow stone presents few clues to its age, or, in my view, to its origin. The curves and prow-like projections may suggest Saxon, but equally, it could be much later. Was it a font, or perhaps a stoup?". [NB: the baptismal font at Morwenstow, Cornwall, has a basin of a similar overall shape, without being anywhere identical]. [cf. Index entry for Lindale No. 2 for a Norman-style font dated to 1913 in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval