Brough / Brough-under-Stainmore

Curwen (1932) writes: "The church of Brough is first mentioned in an Award made by the Prior of Carlisle and others between Bishop Walter Malclerk (1223–46) and the Abbot of St. Mary's at York", and notes that the church was taxed as a rectory in 1291. A font here is noted in Scott (1899) as one of several instances of fonts having found their way from churches to private grounds [...] during recent years". [NB: unknown whether the font referred to in Scott was the one from the original mid-12th century church, or from the later 14th- or 16th-century expansions]. The present font in the church is probably 19th-century, a plain octagonal basin with a chamfered upper rim and tall underbowl, raised on an octagonal stem with mouldings at both ends, on an octagonal-to-square lower base; the octagonal wooden cover is modern.