Ireby No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10675IRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of Cockermouth, in the Lake District
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
Cox (1913) notes that the old church "ïs of Norm[an] date" and that "the old font was transferred to the new church" [erected 1846]. The Cumbria Directory [www.thecumbriadirectory.com] notes: "The old church's font with its carved roundels was removed ...] to use in the new church". [NB: the old church of Ireby appears to go back to the late-Norman or Transitional period, which may well be the date of the font] [cf. Index entry for Ireby No. 1 for an Early-Christian lead font (?) found in the area]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 95