Great Orton
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Scene Description: the modern -neo-Norman- font; the cover is also modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Malcolm Minshaw, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2007 by Malcolm Minshaw [http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/chc8.htm] [accessed 31 January 2010]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 11029ORT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Giles
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A596, just WSW of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century [fragment], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Cox (1913) notes: "Remains of an E[arly] E[nglish] font discovered during restoration, also part of a cross-shaft with nail-head moulding ; they have been built into churchyard wall." [NB: Cox lists the location as "Orton (St. Giles)" A modern font consisting of a square cushion-capital type basin mounted on a plain octagonal stem and lower base is illustrated in Visit Cumbria [http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/chc8.htm] [accessed 31 January 2010]. This same source notes and illustrates the modern cover which is inscribed with the ubiquitous Greek palyndrome 'NY[ph]ON...' related to the cleaning aspects of baptism, which appears in other fonts and font covers. Pevsner (1967) simply indicates that the "pulpit and font cover are neo-Norman".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: fragments
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913