Ruins and Romans, Fonts and Furrows. Anything Old in Lancashire

[charlotteCH]

After paying the dentist it's most unlikely you'd have enough left to buy a Clitheroe house

[Maggie.]

Ribble Valley prices are a bit steep, Ashgard 

You're right about the 'font' depth.  In fact I'm inclined to think that certainly the one in the field is a stoup as it looks like the one in the pic. posted by alpinecottage on page 3 #23 :-

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,576151.20.html

[youngtug]

I think early fonts were deeper because of full immersion baptisms.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_by_full_immersion

[youngtug]

While I am here I  might as well put this on.  http://www.historyfish.net/abbeys/abbeyparts/cox_fonts.html

[Maggie.]

Thanks again YT for more informative contributions.

[monkhouse]

anything historical lancashire ??  in St Chads churchyard Poulton - Le - Fylde their is a Pirates grave though faded youcan still make out the skull and  crossbones  just thought it might be of interest.

[Ruskie]

anything historical lancashire ??  in St Chads churchyard Poulton - Le - Fylde their is a Pirates grave though faded youcan still make out the skull and  crossbones  just thought it might be of interest.

Skull and crossbones is just a symbol of mortality/death - it doesn't mean there's a pirate buried there.  What does the inscription read?

[monkhouse]

Hi Ruskie thanks for your input, the faded inscription is Edward Sherdle ? :)died 21stSept  1711 age71.

[Maggie.]

A warm welcome to Rootschat,  monkhouse.

This site is quite interesting:-

http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html

As Ruskie says a skull and crossbones is a symbol meaning mortality & death.

There is a headstone in the graveyard of St Marys, Newchurch in Pendle with such a symbol on it.  As it is a Nutter family grave, people mistakenly assume that it is the grave of Alice Nutter, one of the supposed Pendle witches.  This cannot be the case as a convicted witch would not have been buried in consecrated ground.