Scalby / Scalebi / Scallebi / Scaulby / Scawby
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R01:
design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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view of basin and cover
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01054SCA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Laurence
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Scalby, Scarborough YO13 0SA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1723 364858
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located near Scarborough
Font Location in Church: Located in the W end of the nave, on the S side, just E of the tower arch
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Noted in Glynne's August 1827 visit to this church, (in Butler, 2007): "The font is of cylindrical form and perfectly plain." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped font of the Norman period. Noted in the Victoria County History (North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) : "The plain circular font dates from the 13th century". The tub-shaped basin has tapering sides and is not entirely plain, having a flat moulding at the upper rim; The wooden cover, consisting of a round platform on which rise four ribs around a centre pivot with trefoiled Latin cross finial, appears Victorian.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
54.29863,
-0.45108
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
54° 17′ 55.07″ N,
0° 27′ 3.89″ W
UTM: 30U 665865 6019745
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-11-18 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928
