Wyresdale / Over Wyresdale

INFORMATION

Font ID: 22068WYR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional
Church / Chapel Name: Abbey Church [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Address: site only: Abbeystead Ln, Bank Wood, Lancaster LA2 9BQ, UK
Site Location: Lancashire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located E of the M6, about 10 km SE of Lancaster [the abbey is no longer]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Blackburn
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1200 abbey church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this Cistercian abbey in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 2, 1908) and (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) note it was founded in the late-12th century; it existed a few years before 1204; "Of the buildings no trace remains unless a few carved stones in various houses and buildings in the district formed part of them." The latter VCH entry [cf. supra] adds mention of a chapel: "about three-quarters of a mile to the west of Abbeystead, was rebuilt in 1733, when a tower was added, but both chapel and tower appear to have been again rebuilt or restored in 1843", but it not clear whether it had parochial rights before the 18th-century re-building. The entry for the later church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SD5511254428] mentions no font in it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 53.981418, -2.67354
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.981418, -2.67354
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 58′ 53.11″ N, 2° 40′ 24.74″ W

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.