Knutsford

INFORMATION

FontID: 10740KNU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [formerly a chapel of ease St. Helena's]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist [until ca. 1741? -- earlier, since the 14th century, dedicated to St. Helena]
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Font Notes:
Pevsner (1971) notes: "Fonts. One of 1741 (by the lectern). This has a baluster stem and a fluted bowl. -- The other is of 1865 and is ornately High Victorian Gothic, and utterly out of place. Not for the High Victorian the genius loci." Richards (1973) writes: "The font dates from the building of the church [the new church was consecrated on 24 June 1744]. It is of marble and beautifully proportioned, with a pleasing oak cover of modern workmanship. Like many of the older Cheshire fonts, the Knutsford example has been recovered from the garden of a private house." [NB: the church here was originally a chapel-at-ease to Rostherne St. Mary's; we have no information on its earlier font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.3034, -2.3735
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 18′ 12.24″ N, 2° 22′ 24.6″ W
UTM: 30U 541749 5906205

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971
Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973