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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tim Green, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 8 October 2011 by Tim Green [www.flickr.com/photos/93416311@N00/6224146136] [accessed 15 March 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 16490ACC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: church founded ca. 1556; present church is 1763 re-building with later modifications
Church Address: Cannon St at Church St, 10 St James Mews, Accrington BB5 4JR, UK -- Tel.: +44 1254 433590
Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km E of Blackburn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Blackburn
Historical Region: Hundred of Blackburn
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for Accrington in the Domesday survey. The entry for the townships of Old and New Accrington in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 6, 1911) notes: "It is possible that the monks of Kirkstall during their brief tenure built a small chapel adjacent to their grange [...], but nothing is known from the records. At the Reformation the chapel at Accrington [...] was confiscated by the Crown as a chantry [...] but was restored to the inhabitants in 1553 [...] The registers date from 1754. St. James's Church was built in 1763, replacing the old chapel." The British Listed Buildings database [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-183854-church-of-st-james-accrington] [accessed 4 October 2011] notes: "late-medieval octagonal font with blank shields in faces". [NB: the other churches and chapels in Accrington are modern].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 541838 5956115
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.75199, -2.3655
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 45′ 7.16″ N, 2° 21′ 55.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.