Middleton-on-the-Wolds

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

are these the ones identified in Bulmer's directory of 1892 as "three stars"? [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: are these the ones identified in Bulmer's directory of 1892 as "three stars"? [cf. Font notes]

BBU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 01916MID
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Driffield YO25 9UF, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located about 25 km E of the city of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Described in Moule (1837): "The font is circular and elegantly formed; it is enriched with eight attached pillars, and is of Anglo-Norman construction." Sheahan & Whellan (1857) write: ''The font is ancient and circular, with eight attached columns, which support an ornament of Norman workmanship.'' Noted in Glynne's November 1865 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font is Norman; the bowl circular, with stem surrounded by shafts." In Bulmer's 1892 directory: "The font is supposed to be the work of the 12th century. The circular basin rests on eight attached columns, and above one are carved three stars." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Pevsner & Neave (1995): ''Norman, a fine piece, circular with attached colonnettes, fleurs-de-lis above them, and a top band of intersecting arches.''

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 53.933204, -0.56087
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 53° 55′ 59.53″ N, 0° 33′ 39.13″ W
UTM: 30U 660125 5978846

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Bulmer, T., History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007
Moule, Thomas, The English counties delineated; or, A topographical description of England [...], London: George Virtue, 1837 [vol. 2]
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding, London: Penguin, 1995
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