Walshaw

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12147WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Christ Church, Walshaw
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Address: High St, Walshaw, Bury BL8 3FS, United Kingdom
Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the B6196, 2-3 km WNW of Bury
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1969): "Font. Circular and encrusted in stiff-leaf." [NB: we have no knowledge of an earlier church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 543723 5939299
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.600697, -2.339284
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 36′ 2.51″ N, 2° 20′ 21.42″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lancashire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969, vol. 1: 101