Bassenthwaite

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Bega’s Church, Bassenthwaite"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adrian Taylor, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2018 by Adrian Taylor [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7420861] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Parish Church of St Bega, Bassenthwaite, Interior" -- the top of the font and its cover are visible in the bottom-right corner of the image

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alex P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2007 by Alex P Kapp [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/579701] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "The Parish Church of St Bega, Bassenthwaite, Font"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alex P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2007 by Alex P Kapp [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/579698] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10705BAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bega
Church Patron Saints: St. Begge [aka Begga, Begge, Beghe, Begue]
Church Location: Bassenthwaite, Keswick CA12 4QE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 16973 71541
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A591, 12 km ENE of Cockermouth, about the same distance NW of Keswick and in its municiplaity
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, S side of the aisle, opposite the S door
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
No entry found for Bassenthwaite in the Domesday survey. The St. Bega website [http://www.stbega.org.uk/begahistory.html] [accessed 27 February 2005] informs: "The font is octagonal and dates from about 1300". Ditto in Rees (20003). The entry for this church in Historic Churches [Listing NGR: NY2266228748] notes: "Parish church. C12 and C13, with restoration of 1874" and mentions a "recut octagonal font." The baptismal font consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, raised on a pedestal base; there are signs of repairs and stone replacement on the upper sides of the basin; the interior of the basin is lead lined. Plain wooden font cover, flat; appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.6479, -3.20004
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 38′ 52.44″ N, 3° 12′ 0.14″ W
UTM: 30U 487092 6055630

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Rees, Elizabeth, An essential guide to Celtic sites and their saints, London; New York: Burns & Oates, 2003