Cumwhitton
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11022CUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 10 S of Brampton
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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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, p. 74
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 116