Maryport

INFORMATION

FontID: 11028MAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: on Church Rd/Wood St/A596
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1764
Century and Period: 18th century (mid),
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