Askham No. 2
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view of church interior
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11035ASK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter [formerly St. Kentigern's?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter [formerly St. Kentigern?]
Church Address: Askham, Cumbria CA10 2PD
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of Penrith
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly North Westmorland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Pevsner (1967) notes two fonts, one of which appears to be the one from the Victorian restoration of this church: "The other plainly panelled, with no separate foot. Can this be c.1832?". [cf. Index entry for Askahm No. 1 for the 17th-century font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 516315 6051136
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.607414, -2.747418
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 36′ 26.69″ N, 2° 44′ 50.71″ W
REFERENCES
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967, p. 222