Clifton nr. Penrith

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2012 by Rose and Trev Clough [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2910656] [accessed 9 September 2014]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: is this a 19th-century re-cut of the 17th-century font?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472801442/] [accessed 9 September 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19413CLI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Cuthbert

Church Patron Saints: St. Cuthbert [aka Cubertus]

Church Location: Clifton, Cumbria CA10 2EA

Country Name: England

Location: Cumbria, North West

Directions to Site: Located off the A6, 5 km SSE of Penrith

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle

Historical Region: formerly Westmorland

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 17th century[re-cut], Restoration [altered]

Font Notes: Click to view

English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY5319027045] (1968) describes the font here as a "Recut C17 font", the church itself originally 12th-century. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.63594, -2.726561

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 38′ 9.38″ N, 2° 43′ 35.62″ W

UTM: 30U 517649 6054315

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood, oak?

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal base with four scroll ribs atop; appears modern

REFERENCES

Curwen, John F., The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1932