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NB: this is the Georgian font from Chirst Church
Scene Description: NB: this is the Georgian font from Chirst Church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10742MAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early?), Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael [formerly All Hallows]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael [former dedication: All Hallows]
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font of this church
Font Notes:
Finney (1871) writes: "It would be interesting to know where the ancient font was removed to which formerly belonged to this church, prior to the one givwn by Mr. Hooley in 1740". It does not seem that Finney's exhoration had much effect, since no news of that font appear to have turned up since. Pevsner (1971) notes: "Font. (Nave E), a robust baluster and a fluted bowl; 1744." Craig Thornber [www.thornber.org] mentions that the font is "of marble obtained from Castleton in Derbyshire". [NB: the Georgian Christ Church, in the same town, has a font of the late 18th century, not listed in this Index on account of its late date]. [NB: the church of St. Michael goes back to the early 13th century, but we have no information on its original font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of the font at Christ Church.

REFERENCES

  • Finney, Isaac, Notes on the antiquities of Macclesfield, Macclesfield: I. Finney, bookseller, Chestergate; J. Daniel, printer, 50 Mill Street, 1871, [unavailable]
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971, p. 266
  • 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, p. 210, pl. 270