Boltongate

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view of font and cover

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human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: on the sides of the underbowl chamfer
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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2007
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10996BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14h century (?) [re-cut?], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 54° 45′ 21.6″ N, 3° 11′ 54.96″ W
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B5299, 2 km N of Ireby, 5 km SSW of Wigton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Additional Comments: altered font? [cf. FontNotes] only the base is ancient
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for Boltongate in the Domesday survey. Pevsner (1967) notes: "Font. Plain, octagonal, but on four primitive heads." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NY2295640772] notes: "Recut C14 font of which only the carving under the bowl is original."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 487219 6067658
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.756, -3.1986
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 45′ 21.6″ N, 3° 11′ 54.96″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 71