Amotherby / Amerby / Emmerby

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the colourful ceramic insert of the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - southwest corner

Scene Description: showing the modern font

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken on 20 November 2005, supplied by the Rev. Peter Bowes, www.thestreetparishes.org.uk

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view of font - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken on 20 November 2005, supplied by the Rev. Peter Bowes, www.thestreetparishes.org.uk

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken October 2011 by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 October 2011)

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken on 20 November 2005, supplied by the Rev. Peter Bowes, www.thestreetparishes.org.uk

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20 November 2005)

INFORMATION

FontID: 01962AMO

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Helen

Church Patron Saints: St. Helena

Church Location: Church Street, Amotherby, North Yorkshire, YO17 6TN

Country Name: England

Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Malton

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Font Location in Church: In the churchyard, W side, by the porch

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman?

Cognate Fonts: Another such at nearby Appleton-le-Street

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Rev. Peter Bowes, of www.thestreetparishes.org.uk, for the information on and photographs f the old font. We are also grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of this church and modern font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in Glynne's visit on 19 November 1863 (in Butler, 2007): "The font has a circular bowl and may be early." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period, although this same source suggests that the font "may be Saxon". The entry for Appleton-le-Street in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "Much detail remains of a church of 12th-century date, but the earliest part of the present structure is the tower, which appears to have been built late in the 16th century. [...] The font is modern. In the churchyard, to the west of the porch, is a dilapidated font of the 12th century." Morris (1931) notes: "Outside porch, W: rude, circular, 12th-cent. font." Bulmer's Directory for this county (1890) informs that "the old Norman font has been relegated to the churchyard"; the present "font (Hildenley stone) is supported by a thick central shaft, surrounded by eight smaller ones of marble" and was "designed and carved by the late Rev. C. P. Peach" ca. 1870. The basin well has a central drain and there are three holes in the upper rim corresponding to the hardware of an old font-cover. The side-view of the font appears to indicated that aither the font has been broke and restored in the past, or that it is made of several blocks cemented together. The location of this font in the churchyard confirmed on 20 November 2005. n www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Appletonlestreet/...] [NB: the new font is not included in this Index on account of its late date]. The 'A Church Near You' web site [www.achurchnearyou.com] entry for Amotherby reports the font: "now stands outside near the porch" [web site visited 16 November 2005].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.151482, -0.851782

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 9′ 5.33″ N, 0° 51′ 6.41″ W

UTM: 30U 640293 6002508

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: [cf. FontNotes]

Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2015-05-28 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Bulmer, T., History, Topography, and Directory of North Yorkshire, Comprising its Ancient and Modern History; [...], Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. (T. Snape & Co. Printers), 1890

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

Morris, Joseph Ernest, The North Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1931