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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 10760SWE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located about 7-8 km WNW of Congleton
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Two modern fonts are reported in this church in Pevsner (1971: "Fonts. One is Norman [i.e., in style], no doubt of c.1846, the other an C18 baluster shaft." Richards (1973) writes: "In marked contrast to the ponderous sham Norman font, the original early eighteenth century font [...] has recently been restored to the church." [NB: the earlier church here is said to date from the Norman period, but we have no information on the medieval font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
53.2013,
-2.2996
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
53° 12′ 4.68″ N,
2° 17′ 58.56″ W
UTM: 30U 546785 5894893
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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