2014
NY2262 : Font and bells, St Michael's Church
taken 10 years ago, near to Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, England
Font and bells, St Michael's Church
The font is Norman, said to have been dug up from a garden adjoining the church in 1848 Link
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The old bells were used in the church tower until 1905. They were brought to St Michael's in the 17th century, raided from two churches on the Scotch side of the Solway Firth. It was a tit-for-tat mission, Bowness's own bells had previously been stolen by a raiding party of Scots, who dropped them in the estuary during their getaway.
.The old bells were used in the church tower until 1905. They were brought to St Michael's in the 17th century, raided from two churches on the Scotch side of the Solway Firth. It was a tit-for-tat mission, Bowness's own bells had previously been stolen by a raiding party of Scots, who dropped them in the estuary during their getaway.
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- Grid Square
- NY2262, 130 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Rose and Trev Clough (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 3 May, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 5 October, 2014
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NY 2236 6264 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:57.1402N 3:12.8286W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NY 2236 6264
- View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
