Cleator

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11003CLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1611?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early?), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard [originally from the parish church of St. Bees]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard [originally from the parish church of St. Bees]
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on SE of Whitehaven
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
Bulmer's Directory of 1901 notes: "The font, a rather plain piece of workmanship, formerly belonged to the old priory church of St. Bees. It consists of a hexagonal capital containing the basin, supported on a circular pedestal." [transcription in www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk]. Cox (1913) notes: "Hexagonal font on circular shaft from St. Reep [sic]; probable date 1611, when priory house was rebuilt." Pevsner (1967) writes: "Font. Octagonal, with rolls up at the angles. It could be of the 1660s." [NB: the old priory church of St. Bees is now a parish church that uses a mid-19th century marble font -- not listed in this index on account of its post01700 date]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Bulmer, T., History and Directory of Cumberland, 1901
  • Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 68
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 105-106