The Font - Parish Church of St Andrew - Coniston, Cumbria, England, UK. - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

The Parish Church of St Andrew is located on Hawkshead Road in the centre of Coniston. The Grade II Listed building was designed by J. Matson and was built in 1819. It is constructed of slate with ashlar dressings and slate roof. The building features a west tower with embattled parapet, clock and paired stone-louvred bell openings. (visit link)

The alabaster font is octagonal in shape and is inscribed with words written in Greek that (according to an information poster next to the font) translates as follows;
'Wash away my sins and not only my face'
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"Nipson anomemata me monan opsin, meaning "Wash the sins, not only the face", or "Wash my transgressions, not only my face", is a Greek palindrome which was inscribed upon a holy water font outside the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople: The phrase is attributed to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus." SOURCE: (visit link)

"The present church replaced an earlier church of 1586 built by William Le Fleming. The chancel and the low bays were added in 1891. The Baptistry West window of St Andrew has stained glass by Charles Kempe.
Many of the features in the Church worthy of mention refer back to the patrons and benefactors of Coniston – the Le Fleming family, who built Coniston Hall in 1270, and who have remained there until recent times, and the Barratt family who established themselves in Coniston in the 1820’s to develop the copper mines.

In the churchyard is the grave of John Ruskin, who died at Brantwood of influenza on 20 Jan 1900. His grave is marked with a large carved cross made from green slate from the local quarry at Tilberthwaite.
It was carved by H.T. Miles, to a design by W.G. Collingwood, who was an expert on Anglo-Saxon crosses, with symbols depicting important aspects of Ruskin’s work and life.

W.G. Collingwood, who is buried nearby with his family, also designed the war memorial, a Celtic Cross, near the South porch."
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