Christened on the hill top.
Strange scene in Derbyshire.Harborough Hill, in the West of Derbyshire, which is said to have been the haunt of Druids, has recently been the scene of a strange christening. At the summit of this lofty ridge a large block of limestone has been carved into a capacious chair, another rock, with a flat top, appears to have been used as an altar, and an adjacent monolith, in which a semi-circular bowl has been schooped out, looks like a rude font. It was with water from this ancient rock bowl that the child – the daughter of a farmer in the district – was lately christened. The little girl, three months old, was carried up to this wild, bleak spot, and there, with the wind howling among the crags, baptism was administered by a lay reader. There is no record of any similar rite having been celebrated on Harborough Hill, and the conditions of this picturesque baptism appear to be quite unique.
From the Manchester Times, 25th August 1906.