Muston nr. Scarborough
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01917MUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 3 King St, Muston, Filey YO14 0EW, United Kingdom
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A1039-A165, just W of Filey, 12 km SE of Scarborough
Historical Region: formerly in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Font Notes:
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Noted in Bulmers Directory of 1892 as a baptismal font from the Norman period [source: 1999 transcription by C. Hinson in www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Muston/Muston92.html]. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 674884 6009232
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.201237, -0.318781
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 12′ 4.45″ N, 0° 19′ 7.61″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
REFERENCES
- Bulmer, T., History and Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892, [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Muston/Muston92.html]
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 229