Cumwhitton

INFORMATION

FontID: 11022CUM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Cumbria, North West

Directions to Site: Located 10 S of Brampton

Historical Region: formerly Cumberland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1662

Century and Period: 17th century

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Cox (1913) as a font dated 1662. In Pevsner (1967): "Font. Plain octagonal bowl, dated 1662." [NB: the church dates from ca. 1160 but we have no available information on the earlier font[s] of this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

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