Torver / Thorfergh / Thorwerghe

No individual entry found for Torver in the Domesday survey. The entry for this township in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "it is probable that a chapel existed there long before the Reformation, but nothing is known of its history. In 1538 Archbishop Cranmer granted a licence for the consecration of the chapel in which the inhabitants were then accustomed to hear mass and partake of the sacraments, and also for the consecration of the graveyard annexed, on account of the distance from the parish church and the difficulty of the way over mountains and streams liable to floods. [...] The church was rebuilt in 1849 [...] and again in 1884 and is called St. Luke's. [...] There are an ancient octagonal font". The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SD2847994286] notes: "Church. 1884 [...] Plain octagonal font of uncertain date on later base." John Dawson, in his ca. 1970 pamphlet 'The Three Churches of Torver' [www.torver.org/churches/three-churches] [accessed 10 April 2019] notes: "The visitor entering the church will note the plain sandstone font, dating probably from the 14th century."