Maryport
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11028MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1764
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century (mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: on Church Rd/Wood St/A596
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (167): "Font. A square baluster; dated 1764." [NB: the church itself was built in the mid-19th century and re-built towards the end of the century; no earlier church known on this site]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: [1764]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 159