Whitewell

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12826WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Extra-parochial chapel of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: "Whitewell was an extra-parochial part of the parish of Whalley" [www.thornber.net] -- located 11 km WNW of Clitheroe
Historical Region: formerly West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Notes:
Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports "an old font" in this church without any other detail [NB: Lewis locates Whitewell in the West Riding of Yorkshire; it is located right at the border between this and Lancashire, and appears listed in Lancashire Parish Portal [www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk] [accessed 16 March 2007]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51399] [accessed 16 March 2007]