Redmire / Redmeire / Ridemare
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view of basin - detail
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of font
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view of font and cover in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01976RED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin [formerly a chapel of ease]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Ln, Redmire, Leyburn DL8 4EQ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A684, 5 km WNW of Wensley, 6-7 km NW of Leyburn, in the NE area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leeds
Historical Region: Hundred of Land of Count Alan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, in the centre
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Redmire [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SE0491/redmire/] [accessed 22 November 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) mentions a baptismal font of the Norman period here. The entry for this church in the parish of Wensley in the Victoria County History (North Yorkshire, vol. 1, 1914) notes: "The font is an irregular octagonal bowl without stem on a round base." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE0508790800] notes; "Church. C12. [...] Romanesque octagonal font on round base." The font consists of an octagonal basin the upper end of which has been trimmed to a round rim; it is raised on a slightly wider squat base and a round plinth that is now level with the new floor. The wooden cover has a flat round platform on which stand three ribs; appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.3125, -1.923883
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 18′ 45″ N, 1° 55′ 25.98″ W
UTM: 30U 570008 6018825
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped (octagonal)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2008-06-02 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907