Garsdale

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: semi-hidden in the lower right-hand corner is a disused stone basin, perhaps the one from old font of the demolished chapel? [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 April 2007 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405133] [accessed 7 February 2020]

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: the mid-19thC modern church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2007 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405135] [accessed 7 February 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the mid-19thC modern church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2007 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405131] [accessed 7 February 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the mid-19thC modern church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2007 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405136] [accessed 7 February 2020]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: on the left stands the font in use in the modern church: "The font is another memorial to Thomas James Batty given in 1898 by his widow" -- semi-hidden in the lower right-hand corner is a disused stone basin, perhaps the one from old font of the demolished chapel?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2007 by Alexander P Kapp [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405133] [accessed 7 February 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22576GAR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist [modeern chuerch
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Garsdale, Sedbergh LA10 5PG, UK -- Tel.: +44 15396 20018
Country Name: England
Location: Cumbria, North West
Directions to Site: Located off the A684, 10 km ESE of Sedbergh, 18-20 km E of Kendal, on the western slopes of the Pennines
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Carlisle
Historical Region: Wapentake of Ewcross
Century and Period: 16th century, [composite]
Church Notes: present church 1861 building next to the medieval chapel of ease to Dent parish church
No individual entry found for Garsdale in the Domesday survey. The entry for Garsdale in Whitaker (1823) mentions no church in it, though it may have had one. The entry in Garsdale Info [http://www.garsdale.info/History_Church.htm] [accessed 7 February 2020] notes: "The chapel was a daughter-church of Dent without parochial privileges until 1562 when it won the right to hold baptisms and burial services" [source quoted from Boulton, D, Sedbergh Historian Vol 2, No 3, 1988, p16] "Little is known of the building eventually demolished in 1861 [...] The font is another memorial to Thomas James Batty given in 1898 by his widow" [NB: we found no information on the font of the medieval chapel or the later one which would have been introduced ca. 1562 when the chapel acquired parochial functions [cf. supra], but a photograph of the modern font taken in April 2007 by Alexander P Kapp [cf. ImagesArea] shows at its foot a round stone basin that may belong to the missing font; the basin is of roughly hemispherical shape, with a broad flat moulding all around; no base present].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.30097, -2.3913
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 18′ 3.49″ N, 2° 23′ 28.68″ W
UTM: 30U 539611 6017179

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining