Edenhall

INFORMATION

FontID: 15924EDE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert
Church Patron Saints: St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located 6 km E of Penrith. The church stands in an open park, a distance from the village
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Bulmer's Directory of 1901 notes: "The font is a very ancient one, of freestone." Noted in Cox (1913): "The rude font, 25 in. by 23 in., is of uncertain age". [NB: the earliest part of the church is Anglo-Saxon, according to Cox; other parts are late Norman, etc.] The Eden Hall and Edenhall Parish website [http://musgravemanor.homestead.com/EdenHall.html] [accessed 31 January 2010] notes the font as Norman, made of sandstone.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Notes on Measurements: Cox (1913) gives the measurements as 25 x 23 inches

REFERENCES

Bulmer, T., History and Directory of Cumberland, 1901
Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913