Beaumont / Beaumont nr. Carlisle

INFORMATION

FontID: 15918BEA

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: England

Location: Cumbria, North West

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B5307, 8 km NW of Carlisle

Historical Region: formerly Cumberland

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Cox (1913) notes: "In the church is a Norm[an] quern, which was for some time used as a font". [NB: a local source [not recorded] reports a font cover the counterweight of it is a chain with a lead bird]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: yes; counterweight

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913