Arthuret / Longtown with Arthuret
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15932LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
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 Notes:
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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, p. 105