Burgh-by-Sands / Burgh-on-Sands
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15919BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B5307, WNW of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Notes:
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Noted in Cox (1913): "The old octagonal font has bowl and base of red sandstone, but the shaft is grey sandstone".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone [cf. FontNotes]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913, p. 59