Finningley

INFORMATION

Font ID: 01797FIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Oswald
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity & St. Oswald
Church Address: Rectory Ln, Finningley, Doncaster DN9 3DA, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1302 770240
Site Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
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 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

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

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, p. 213 (Cox-Harvey have Finningley in Notts.)
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 91 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 14 October 2009]
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 87
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 127