Bolton / Bolton nr. Appleby-in-Westmorland

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior - north view - detail

Source caption: "'On the north side of the church, over what was a Norman doorway (now a window) is a stone slab built into the wall - evidently part of the original structure - commemorating a tournament. Two knights, clad in close fitting mail shirts, and having tall pointed helmets, and with the kite-shaped shields and lances of the reign of Henry II (1154-1189) are fighting on horseback. One, the smaller and inferior in rank (for his lance bears no banner) has broken the guard of the other, who flings up his shield and drops his lance to receive the point of his conqueror's full in his face, in the vulnerable spot under the nasal of his helmet'."
Scene Description: Source caption: "'On the north side of the church, over what was a Norman doorway (now a window) is a stone slab built into the wall - evidently part of the original structure - commemorating a tournament. Two knights, clad in close fitting mail shirts, and having tall pointed helmets, and with the kite-shaped shields and lances of the reign of Henry II (1154-1189) are fighting on horseback. One, the smaller and inferior in rank (for his lance bears no banner) has broken the guard of the other, who flings up his shield and drops his lance to receive the point of his conqueror's full in his face, in the vulnerable spot under the nasal of his helmet'."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Karl and Ali, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 March 2012 by Karl and Ali [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2844797] [accessed 9 Setember 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2005 by Alexander P Knapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/428400] [accessed 9 September 2014]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 11038BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Bolton, Cumbria CA16 6AL, UK
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A66, 6 km NW of Appleby-in-Westmorland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Westmorland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
No individual entry found for this Bolton in the Domesday survey. Curwen (1932) reports two sculptured stones built into the fabric of this church, "which appear to date back to the time of Henry 11, 1154–1189. [...] The Commonwealth Survey of 1649 gives the chapel as belonging to the vicarage of Morland "with one house for the curate abutting upon the churchyard." The Survey of 1657 says "that there is a parochial chapel at Bolton two miles south-east distant from the parish church of Morland [...] The chapel underwent considerable repair in 1848". Pevsner (1967) writes: "Font cover. 1687. Of plain spire shape."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 528429 6050882
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.6046, -2.5599
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 36′ 16.56″ N, 2° 33′ 35.64″ W

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1687
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Curwen, John F., The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1932, p. 335-357 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43524] [accessed 9 September 2014]