Clifton nr. Preston / Clifton nr. Kirkham

Results: 3 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16502CLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: church pre-1517; re-built 1824
Church Address: Church Ln, Lea Town, Preston PR4 0ZE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +441772683617
Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A583 (Blackpool Rd), WNW of Preston, ESE of Kirkham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Blackburn
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original church here)
Font Notes:
The re-purposed Roman altar at one point in this church is noted and illustrated in Hartwell & Pevsner (2009) in the 19th-century church that replaced an older church: "The most interesting item is the font, presumably the 'scandalous trough' installed in the C17. It is very crude, very abraded, with three figures carved in high relief on the front and dancing figures on the sides. It has been identified as a Roman altar to the Mothes (goddesses), almost certainly from the fort near Kirkham, a few miles away." [cf. BSI 16502CLI for the full description and images of the re-purposed altar]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 512119 5958627
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.7761, -2.8161
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 46′ 33.96″ N, 2° 48′ 57.96″ W

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

  • Hartwell, Clare, Lancashire North, New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 236-237 and fig. 3