Lowther
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view of church exterior - north view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 July 2013 by David Purchase [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3590526] [accessed 9 September 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Mausoleum of William the second Earl of Lowther, who died in 1844"
EXT digital photograph taken 26 July 2013 by David Purchase [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3590526] [accessed 9 September 2014]
INT+COVER digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472885654/] [accessed 9 September 2014] NO PERMIT
FONT+COVER digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472883188/] [accessed 9 September 2014] NO PERMIT](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1141005045_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Mausoleum of William the second Earl of Lowther, who died in 1844"
EXT digital photograph taken 26 July 2013 by David Purchase [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3590526] [accessed 9 September 2014]
INT+COVER digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472885654/] [accessed 9 September 2014] NO PERMIT
FONT+COVER digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472883188/] [accessed 9 September 2014] NO PERMIT
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2005 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/619628] [accessed 9 September 2014]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rex Harris, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472883188/] [accessed 9 September 2014]
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view of church interior - north aisle
Scene Description: with the top of the font cover in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rex Harris, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 June 2012 by Rex Harris [Sheepdog Rex] [www.flickr.com/photos/sheepdog_rex/7472885654/] [accessed 9 September 2014]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19414LOW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1686
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Restoration
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Lowther, Cumbria CA10 2PD
Site Location: Cumbria, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the district of Eden, S of Clifton, W of Morland, E of Barton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: formerly Westmorland
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Curwen (1932) writes: "The first mention of the church is contained in the institution by Archbishop William Wickwane, of William de Capella, subdeacon and one of the de Hutton family, as rector to the church of Lowther on 7 July, 1280 [...] he church was rebuilt between the years 1682 and 1686 [...] The whole fabric was restored in 1856." English Heritage [Listing NGR: NY5190424454] (1968) notes: "Font c.1686 inscribed TA", the church itself "C12 and Cl3 with extensive late C17 rebuilding; C19 alterations and additions".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 516386 6051717
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.612634, -2.746275
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 36′ 45.48″ N, 2° 44′ 46.59″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "TA"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal pyramid on a round platform; scrolled carving; painted wood
REFERENCES
- Curwen, John F., The Later Records relating to North Westmorland: or the Barony of Appleby, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1932, p. 325-334 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43523] [accessed 9 September 2014]