Thornton-le-Moors No. 2 / Thornton le Moors / Thornton-in-the-Moors / Torentune

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10770THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [redundant since 2002]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [formerly St. Helen]
Church Address: Poole Ln, Thornton-le-Moors, Chester CH2 4HU, UK
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A5117, just S of the Stanlow Refinery, 11 km NNE of Chester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Ruloe
Font Notes:
Richards (1973) writes of two fonts of about the same period [cf. Index entry for Thornton... No. 1 for the dated font]: "The other font in the church, having a bowl set upon a low base, is also possibly of late seventeenth century date."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 510805 5901762
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.265, -2.8386
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 15′ 54″ N, 2° 50′ 18.96″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • 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. 329