Dalby nr. Terrington / Dalbi / Dalby-cum-Skewsby

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "St Peter's, Dalby. Little church tucked into a hillside. The origins are Norman, but from the outside it is the chancel that appears interesting and unusual with its square appearance and battlemented roofline."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Peter's, Dalby. Little church tucked into a hillside. The origins are Norman, but from the outside it is the chancel that appears interesting and unusual with its square appearance and battlemented roofline."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 February 2019 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6065057] [accessed 2 December 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2008 by Colin Hinson [www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Dalby/PhotoFrames/DalbyStPeter_1] [accessed 2 December 2019]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 01967DAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [aka St. Peter's?]
Font Location in Church: [reported in the churchyard ca. 1890]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Dalby, York YO60 6PF, UK [OS Grid Ref. SE6372071212]
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B1363, S of the B1257, 2-3 km W of Terrington, 12 km ENE of Easingwold, 13-15 km W of Malton, at the foot of the Howardian Hills, about 30 kms N of the city of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Bulford
Additional Comments: abandoned font (reported in the churchyard ca. 1890 / moved font? / altered font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
There are two entries for this Dalby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE6371/dalby/] [accessed 2 December 2019] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Carte (1792) mentions Dalby as a place where the font might be worth viewing for the "extraordinary ornaments, either of device or sculpture" preferred by the Knights Hospitaller. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports: "The church, a very ancient edifice, contains a large and curious font", a description mirrored in Sheahan & Wheallan (1857). Bulmer's Directory of 1890 repeats the qualifiers and adds the location: "a large and curious stone font stands in the churchyard" [though it is not clear whether or not the font was already in the churchyard at Lewis' time]. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The entry for the parish of Dalby with Skewsby in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes; "The early 12th-century church consisted of a nave and chancel, much on the present lines [...] The south wall of the nave is also of early 12thcentury date, pierced by two modern windows of two lights each. The south door is original [...] The font has a massive bowl, almost hemispherical in form and without ornament, standing on a modern base." There is no mention of any font in Pevsner (1966). Eleanor's English Churches page [http://wasleys.org.uk/eleanor/churches/england/yorkshire/north_yorkshire/north_yorkshire_one/dalby/index.html] [accessed 2 December 2019] dates the church to the 13th century and notes: "At the back of the church is a round tub font." [NB: the entry for the parish of Hovingham in the VCH (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes that the font in Scackleton church "was presented from Dalby Church", without further detail]. The entry for the church at Dalby-cum-Skewsby in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6371771213] notes: "Church. Early C12, C15, C16 and C19. [...] font a large hemispherical bowl on a C19 stem and base".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 628910 6000072
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.13258, -1.027
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 7′ 57.29″ N, 1° 1′ 37.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
  • Carte, Samuel, "Three letters from Mr. Samuel Carte to Dr. Ducarel, and one to Sir Thomas Cave, concerning fonts [or, Mr. Carte's Observations on ancient fonts]", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 208-225; p. 224
  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 230
  • Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50912] [accessed 7 December 2006]
  • Whellan & Co., T., History and topography of the city of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire, embracing a […], Beverley: printed for the publishers by John Green, Market Place, 1859, p. 600