Askham No. 2
INFORMATION
FontID: 11035ASK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter [formerly St. Kentigern's?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [formerly St. Kentigern?]
Church Location: Askham, Cumbria CA10 2PD
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located S of Penrith
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly North Westmorland
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.607414, -2.747418
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 36′ 26.69″ N, 2° 44′ 50.71″ W
UTM: 30U 516315 6051136
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967