Arthuret / Longtown with Arthuret

INFORMATION

FontID: 15932LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Arthuret is in the S outskirts of Longtown, itself on the A7, 15 km N of Carlisle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Cumberland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Described in Cox (1913) using an unidentified source [NB: could be a description by Canon Bower reported in the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian -- issue and date unknown]: "The curious shaped font has been described as 'a lopsided nonagon with a quadrangular bowl terminating narrowly at the drain'". The church at Arthuret is said to date from the mid-12th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Cumberland and Westmorland, London: George Allen & Co. Ltd., 1913