Patterdale / Patrickdale

Noted and illustrated in Morris (1903): "The only ancient feature in the present church is the font. A new font was placed here in 1853, while the old one was allowed to remain outside. This old font is of Blencow stone, in three parts — basin, pedestal, and base. The whole rests on a square block of new stone. The basin was repaired and lined with lead in the vear 1900 by Charles Lynam, Esq., of Stoke-on-Trent. The base was probably part of an old pillar, and the pedestal that of an old (market) cross which stood near the church. The new font was given away to another church in the diocese in 1893, when the old one was restored to its present position." Morris' illustration, a B&W photograph by J. Lowe shows the font in the open air, perhaps the churchyard. The round basin is plain and damaged on one side; the quadrangular stem has piping at the corners but is otherwise plain; the lower base is octagonal, with triangular protrusions, like buttresses on alternate sides. Cox (1913) dates this font to the Early English period. Curwen (1932) notes that the Commonwealth Survey of 1657 reports "That there is a parochial Chapel in Patterdale eight miles distant south-west from the parish church of Barton"; Curwen (ibid.) further notes that the chapel is documented as far back as 1348.