Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . BAPTISMAL FONTS. 237 with the usual three-decker and the choir seats placedwithin the communion rails. It was hardly fair to treatthe memory of Bishop Smith in this way {MiscellanyAccotmtSt Bishop Nicolson, p. 105.) KiRKANDREWS ON EdEN. This curious specimen, now in the rectors garden,is supposed to have been the Font used in the oldChurch of Kirkandrews on Eden. It was found, accord-ing to the oldest inhabitant, in that churchyard, andwas brought to Beaumont where it served as the parishFont for years and year
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . BAPTISMAL FONTS. 237 with the usual three-decker and the choir seats placedwithin the communion rails. It was hardly fair to treatthe memory of Bishop Smith in this way {MiscellanyAccotmtSt Bishop Nicolson, p. 105.) KiRKANDREWS ON EdEN. This curious specimen, now in the rectors garden,is supposed to have been the Font used in the oldChurch of Kirkandrews on Eden. It was found, accord-ing to the oldest inhabitant, in that churchyard, andwas brought to Beaumont where it served as the parishFont for years and years. About 1875 it was sup-planted by a new one, given by Mr. Hodgson (?) on theoccasion of the baptism of his son. The present rectorfound it amongst some rubbish in one of the rectoryout-offices, and has it placed near his door. He intends,I understand, to replace it in the churchyard of Beaumontwhen the restoration of that church is completed. It consists of three parts, red sandstone, said by to be the several parts of a Roman mill. Verylikely as the churchyard at Kir
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