Orton nr. Kendal / Overton / Sker-Overton
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B01: symbol - initials - unidentified
Scene Description: "D.W.M.O." over two panels
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B02: inscription
![[1662]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/image_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: [1662]
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B03: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B04: design element - architectural - window - Gothic
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2010 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2142406] [accessed 28 July 2014]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Purchase, 2012
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2010
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 November 2010 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2142392] [accessed 28 July 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10678ORT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Orton, Cumbria CA10 3RG
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located at the B6261-B6260 crossroads, 20 km NE of Kendal
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: North Westmorland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistry
Date: 1662
Century and Period: 17th century(mid) [basin only] [composite font]
Font Notes:
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English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY6221408395] (1968) notes: "Parish Church. Various dates from late C12 [...] Octagonal stone font dated 1662 with initials D.W. & M.O." Baptismal font made of red sandstone and dated by an inscription to 1662; also on the panels of the basin are the initials "D.W.M.O." [source: Edward Bellasis' 'Westmorland Church Notes' (1888) transcribed in Sarah Reverley [http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~enzedders/ortonmis.htm]]. Pevsner (1967) notes: "Font. Dated 1662, and very characteristic of those years. Octagonal, with the date, initials, some stylized flowers, and the blank head of a Perp[pendicular] window."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.4695, -2.5845
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 28′ 10.2″ N, 2° 35′ 4.2″ W
UTM: 30U 526928 6035840
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (red)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the panels of the basin
Inscription Text: 1.- "D.W. M.O."
2.- [1662]
Inscription Source: English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY6221408395] (1968)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967