Brigham
INFORMATION
FontID: 10998BRI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Bridget
Church Patron Saints: St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the A66, W of Cockermouth
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century / 17th century, Early English? / Restoration?
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Cox (1913) notes: "The octagonal font is advanced E[arly] E[nglish], c. 1250". Noted in Pevsner (1967): "Font. Small, octagonal, probably C17."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967