Finningley

INFORMATION

FontID: 01797FIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Oswald
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity & St. Oswald
Church Location: Rectory Ln, Finningley, Doncaster DN9 3DA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1302 770240
Country Name: England
Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: The village is divided between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. The church falls in the Notts side]
Historical Region: formerly West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Described in Cox & Harvey (1907), Cox (1912) and Guilford (1927) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Pevsner & Williamson (1979) as a circular font with a 17th-century cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.484375, -0.993299
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 29′ 3.75″ N, 0° 59′ 35.87″ W
UTM: 30U 633151 5928030

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912
Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979