Gillamoor / Gillamore
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pat O'Halloran., 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph by Pat O'Halloran [http://www.danu.co.uk/Joomla/content/view/68/27/] [accessed 12 July 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 July 2008)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pat O'Halloran., 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Pat O'Halloran [http://www.danu.co.uk/Joomla/content/view/68/27/] [accessed 12 July 2008]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 July 2008)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01972GIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Aidan
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aidan [aka Aedan]
Church Address: Main St, Gillamoor, York YO62 7HX, United Kingdom
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located N of the A170, 30 km ENE of Thirsk, in the sothern part of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park
Additional Comments: disused font / abandoned font / replaced font / re-instated font
Font Notes:
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Whellan (1859) reports: ''There is an old Norman font thrown aside in the churchyard, whilst an unsightly apology ofr a font is used for baptisms in the Chapel'' [NB: this ''chapel'' is described as a 'chapel at ease' dating from 1802. Pevsner (1996), who does not mention a font here, informs that the interior was ''refurnished by T. Moore, 1908'']. Bulmer's Directory of 1890 notes: ''The old font in the church is supposed to belong to the Norman Period'' [NB: which appears to indicate that the old font had been returned inside the church by that time]. The 'antiquarian news' section of The Antiquary (issue No. 34, vol. 6, October 1882: 178) reports: ''The re-opening, after thorough internal restoration, of the ancient church of Gillamoor, near Kirbymoorside, took place recently […] The foundation is very ancient, as betokened by the fine old Norman font''. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 1, 1914) notes: ''the font […] is formed of a massive circular block of stone tapering slightly towards the base. It is entirely without ornament and probably dates from the 12th century''. The font, illustrated in Pat O'Halloran [http://www.danu.co.uk/Joomla/content/view/68/27/] [accessed 12 July 2008], consists of a rougly cylindrical shape with tapering sides, raised on a modern circular base and plinth. The sides of the basin are damaged and very weathered, and it is now impossible to discern whether any pattern adorned its surface originally.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pat O'Halloran, of http://www.danu.co.uk/Joomla/content/view/68/27/, for the photograph of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 633391 6019110
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.302433, -0.950012
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 18′ 8.76″ N, 0° 57′ 0.04″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped, 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.
- Bulmer, T., History, Topography, and Directory of North Yorkshire, Comprising its Ancient and Modern History; [...], Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. (T. Snape & Co. Printers), 1890, transcribed in http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Kirkbymoorside/Kirkbymoorside90.html [accessed 12 July 2008]
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 230
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the North Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985 c1966, p. 166
- 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. 866 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-8wHAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA8-PA893&lpg=RA8-PA893&dq=ebberston+church+font&source=web&ots=dasZyVodko&sig=lJUwMy-wZpIVTB8qWdeRzaah_cM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PRA8-PA866,M1] [accessed 12 July 2008]