Linton nr. Grassington / Linton-in-Craven / Linton nr. Grassington
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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 19 August 2008 by Alexander P. Kapp [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/931462] [accessed 23 November 2008]
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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 19 August 2008 by Alexander P. Kapp [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/931462] [accessed 23 November 2008]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 19 August 2008 by Alexander P. Kapp [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/931462] [accessed 23 November 2008]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Colin Hinson
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander P Kapp, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2008 by Alexander P. Kapp [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/931462] [accessed 23 November 2008]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02012LIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only?], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Church Rd, Linton, Skipton BD23 6BQ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1756 753954
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B6265, 2 km SW of Grassington 11 km S of Kettlewell, about 15 km N of Skipton, on the N banks of Warfe river
Font Notes:
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In Lewis (1831) as a noteworthy baptismal font "of ancient date and curious workmanship". Noted in Glynne's 10 June 1856 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font is attached to large north pier, of cylindrical form with a moulded band, and upon a square base." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Morris (1932) as a "fine circular Norm[an] font." An undated pamphlet entitled 'The Parish Church written by J.C. Wright [source:www.rawbw.com/~wrathall/parish/stmichaelscontents.txt] informs that in the Victorian period the large circular Norman font, which stood near the south entrance raised on an octagonal base, was placed on a plinth. Martin Somerville [http://www.somerville.me.uk/lintonchurch.htm] [accessed 23 November 2008] informs that "the font did duty as a flower pot on the lawn at Clifton Park (home of the Elliots). Restored to the church in 1808, it is once more in use and is of sufficient size to permit total immersion. Its cover like that of the one in Hoselaw Chapel is made from wood of a pear tree which grew in the manse garden." The font is a cylindrical tub with pairs of mouldings at the upper and lower neds; it is raised on an octagonal lower base and a plinth of the same shape. The font cover [cf. supra] is flat, round and plain. The entry for this church in the CRSBI [https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=4003] [accessed 17 February 2025] informs: "Cylindrical, with a hemispherical bowl. It is not lined, but is painted inside. The outside walls have a double roll moulding at top and bottom. Whitewash is found in the tooling of the outer surface. The font stands on an octagonal base of probable later date."
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.065639, -1.993861
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 3' 56.3" N, 1° 59' 37.9" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 58 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm*
Basin Depth: 28.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 62.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * CRSBI
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, pear
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. URL: http://www.crsbi.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 231
- Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007, p. 276
- 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, p. 632
- Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, p. 67, 342