Beaumont / Beaumont nr. Carlisle
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15918BEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B5307, 8 km NW of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: a medieval quern?
Font Notes:
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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, p. 45