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INFORMATION

FontID: 11031SCA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A6071, NNE of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Cox (1913) states that the original fabric of this church is Norman, but the original font must have been lost by Bishop Nicolson's visit of 1703: "Bishop Nicolson was here on 16 June, 1703. He says: 'I found the Church here a good firm Building with a Spacious Tower. . . . 'Tis built Chapple-wise ; without a distinct Chancel. They want a Font, Rails at the Altar, &c. ... No surplices No C. Prayer book.' The poor octagonal -continues Cox- font bears date 1707, and has the initials of the churchwardens and the parson ; it has no drain." Noted in Pevsner (1967): "Font. Dated 1707, yet still a plain octagonal bowl. Very short, thick columnar stem."

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967