Kirkoswald nr. Penrith
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view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Oswald's bell tower. How unusual to discover that the bell tower for St Oswald's church is sat on top of a hill well above the church. The tower dates from 1897, replacing a wooden structure of 1747."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 19 October 2021 by Gordon Hatton [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7020979] [accessed 13 September 2021]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Oswald's Church. The separate bell tower is visible on the hill behind."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ian Taylor, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 7 March 2015 by Ian Taylor [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4376220] [accessed 13 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirkoswald - The Nave"
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Image Source: digital photograph in Cornish Churches [http://www.cornishchurches.com/Kirkoswald Church Cumbria - St. Oswald/index.htm] [accessed 13 September 2023]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: Kirkoswald - The Font"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cornish Churches, 2023
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph in Cornish Churches [http://www.cornishchurches.com/Kirkoswald Church Cumbria - St. Oswald/index.htm] [accessed 13 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15931KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Oswald
Church Patron Saints: St. Oswald of Nothumbria
Church Location: 4-5 Fetherston Hill, Kirkoswald, Penrith CA10 1EQ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the B6413, E of the M6, just N of Lazonby, 15 km NNE of Penrith
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval
Church Notes: present church 12th-13thC; some claims to a pre-Norman church here; the church tower is detached, on a nearby hill
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Kirkoswald in the Domesday survey. Noted in Cox (1913): "The circular font on a similar base is [...] Norm[an]." Cox (ibid.) adds: "On the occasion of our visit (9 August, 1912) the effigy was much disfigured by a vigorous treatment with some ruddy coloured mixture; the like "embellishment" had also been liberally applied to the font." The listing for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: NY5551440902] notes: "Church. Early C12 with late C12 additions, mid C13 and early C16 additions; renovations of 1847 and 1878 [...] Medieval bowl font". The font shows a very reddish hue; the round pedestal base and square lower base appear to be a modern replacement. The tall wooden cover of conical shape is modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.76105, -2.69306
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 45′ 39.78″ N, 2° 41′ 35.02″ W
UTM: 30U 519751 6068245
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913