Warcop
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19393WAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Columba [aka St. Columbe, Combe]
Church Patron Saints: [not St. Columba; Columbe, 6thC apostle of the Picts, not canonised in Rome]
Church Location: Warcop, Cumbria, CA16 6NX
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the B6259
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: North Westmorland
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
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Curwen (1932) finds the advowson of this church appear in 1289 in the Records in the Tower of London, and the church is valuen in the ""Antique Taxatio Ecclesiastica" of Pope Nicholas IV, made in the year 1291". English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY7429115705] (1957) notes: "Parish Church, dating from C12 with later additions and alterations", but mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.536, -2.3988
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 32′ 9.6″ N, 2° 23′ 55.68″ W
UTM: 30U 538900 6043326
REFERENCES
Curwen, John F., The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1932