Brigham
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10998BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century / 17th century, Early English? / Restoration?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Bridget
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed]
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A66, W of Cockermouth
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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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, p. 57
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 79