Wold Newton nr. Scarborough / Neuton / Neutone / Newton-on-the-Wolds / Newton Rochford
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view of font
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2007 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: all around the upper rim
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design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: palmette? -- one in each angle of the zig-zag
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design element - patterns - zigzag
Scene Description: A band of this pattern under the rim; contains a large leaf in each angle
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: motifs on the sides of the arch
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: motifs on the sides of the arch
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font and cover in context - south side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Timothy Marlow, 2015
Image Source: digtal photograph taken 4 June 2013 by Timothy Marlow
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view of font and cover in context - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of font cover
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: the old lead lining and the damaged upper rim
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 01057WOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-07-14
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: The church dates only to 1850 but the south portal has a Norman arch and tympanum with interesting sculpture on it.
Church Address: Front Street, Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire YO25 3YG
Site Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13-14 km S of Scarborough (follow the A64 S to Staxton; continue S on the B1249 to Foxholes; past Foxholes make a left and continue 3 km to Wold Newton). 15 km WNW of Bridlington
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Torbar [in Domesday] -- Wapentake of Dickering
Additional Comments: damaged font [cf. FontNotes] / altered font: lower volume/plinth is modern
Font Notes:
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There are three entries for [Wold] Newton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TA0473/wold-newton/] [accessed 23 February 2015], none of which mention a cleric or church in it. Sheahan & Whellan (1857) report ''an ancient circular font'' in this church. Bulmer's Directory of 1892 notes: "The font is very ancient, and exhibits some good carving". Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period with "decided Classic feeling about it is the ornament in high relief". In Pevsner & Neave (1995): ''Font. Drum-shaped, Norman, with zigzag, a palmette band and cable moulding.'' On-site notes: small tub font, similar in size to most metal fonts of the period; probably Norman; the upper rim has braid motif all around; one of the sides is broken, probably where the original hinge/staple was removed; there is a wide band of zig-zag under the rim that divides this area into triangles, each filled with a large leaf; the rest appears plain. The font is covered in patches of cement [repairs?]; otherwise it is covered in dark-grey paint. The tall round plinth is modern. Tisdall (1998?) describes on one of the sides "a partridge watches her egg" [NB: this motif is not on the font but there is a partridge-like bird sculpted on the Norman arch of the south door] [cf. Images area]. The cover consists of a round platform on which four ribs hold up a cross finial; appears modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, and to Timothy Marlow, for their photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 669755 6002572
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.143168, -0.401081
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 8′ 35.41″ N, 0° 24′ 3.89″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead lining
Rim Thickness: 4-5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 46 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 55 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Height of Basin Side: 43 cm
Basin Total Height: 43 cm
Height of Base: 20 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 63 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 104 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI [on-site]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bulmer, T., History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892, [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Woldnewton/Woldnewton92.html] [accessed 11 Agust 2007]
- Mann, Faith, Early Medieval Church Sculpture: a Study of 12th Century Fragments in East Yorkshire, Beverley: Hutton Press, 1985, p. 32
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, London: Penguin, 1995, p. 764
- Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of the city of York; the East Riding of Yorkshire and a portion of the West Riding […], Beverley: printed for the publishers by John Green, Market Place, 1857, p. 492
- Tisdall, M. W., God's beasts: identify and understand animals in church carvings, England: Charlesfort Press, 1998?, ill. 383 on p. 192
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 18