Barton / Barton Kirk

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view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 11037BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Barton, Tirril, near Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2LR
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the B5320, SW of Penrith
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: Barony of Appleby -- formerly North Westmoreland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [base only?], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: tower and nave ca. 1150; south aisle 13thC; north aisle 14thC; south porch 17thC; restored 1904
Font Notes:
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Pevsner (1967) writes: "Font. The C14-looking font is not ancient, though the base seems to be." Noted in English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY4875126365] (1968): "C13 or C14 font, octagonal bowl splayed out from base, moulded angles", the church itself dated 12th-century for nave and tower. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original mid-12th century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.6298, -2.7954
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 37′ 47.28″ N, 2° 47′ 43.44″ W
UTM: 30U 513208 6053616
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Curwen, John F., The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1932
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cumberland and Westmorland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967