Setmurthy
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11032SET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1661
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Barnabas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the new baptistery built in 1903
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Barnabas [aka Barnabus, Bernabé]
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located ENE of Cockermouth
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1967): "Font. Small, with the date 1661, initials, and simple geometrical decoration."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin
Inscription Text: 1. [initials]
2. [1661]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 188