Cawthorne No. 2 / Caltorne
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: "F P O", repeated lower down
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B02: design element - motifs - leaf - clover or trefoil? (symbol of the Trinity)
Scene Description: "a trefoil or shamrock"? [cf. Font notes]
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B03: symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - the five wounded limbs of Christ: heart (side-wound), hands, and feet
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B04: design element - motifs - floral - rose
Scene Description: "a mystic rose"
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B05: symbol - cross?
Scene Description: "more than one form of cross" -- it is possible that other cross symbols may be hidden under the lower rim of the cover, but these look more like dog-tooth motif or 4-point stars
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B06: design element - motifs - Ogee
Scene Description: or symbol of the Trinity?
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: at the upper level of the underbowl
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BU02: inscription
Scene Description: "F P O", repeated on the side of the basin
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BU03: human figure - head - wearing headdress or hood
Scene Description: is it a grotesque?
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BU04: inscription?
Scene Description: initials?
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BU05: animal - head
Scene Description: a lion's head? or another grotesque?
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view of font and cover
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view of font
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover in context
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view of font cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09362CAW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints [earlier at Canon Hall]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the S aisle, opposite the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints [medieval dedication: St. Michael]
Site Location: South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the A635, about 30 km S of Leeds
Historical Region: formerly West Riding of Yorkshire
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne's 30 April 1863 visit to this church (in Butler, 2007): "The font is mutilated, has an octagonal bowl, on a stem chaged with shields, etc." Described in Pratt (1881): "The Font [...] is an octagonal one of the early part of the fifteenth century, of Roche Abbey stone, bearing some sacred emblem on each of its eight sides [...]. On one side, and repeated lower down, are the letters 'F P O' interpreted to stand for 'Fons Purificationis Omnium', 'The Fountain of Purification for all'. Other sides bear the trefoil or shamrock, the emblem of the Holy Trinity said to have been used by St. Patrick when preaching in Ireland; a shield with the five sacred wounds; a mystic rose; and more than one form of cross. The font cover is a memorial of the late Mrs. Stanhope from the offerings gathered in Church on Nov. 14th, 1880. It is an oak crocketed spire with tracery and bears a brass with the words, 'An offering by the 'Congregation in Memory of Elizabeth Julia Spencer Stanhope, 1880.' The upper part of the Font has unfortunately been much cut down. The bowl of the Font was at one time in the pleasure-grounds of Cannon Hall. The base was happily discovered at the late Mr. Wigglesworth's farm at Hill Top, Hoylandswaine, having been removed from the Church by a former Churchwarden, when a small marble font -of more convenient size, as was thought - was being substituted for this original one. The discovery of the base lead to the two parts being again united and restored to their proper place." [source: http://members.tripod.com/%7Emidgley/cawthornehistory.html , transcription by Tim Midgley]. Noted in Morris (1932): "Very curious olf font -- probably early 12th century. On it are repeated the initials (?) F. P. O." Pevsner (1986 c1967) describes it as an octagonal font of the Perpendicular period.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for his photographs of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, [Roche Abbey stone]
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: initials
Inscription Location: on one of the basin panels, repeated lower down
Inscription Text: "F P O"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes for suggested interpretation]
Inscription Source: Charles Tiplady Pratt (1881: chapter 7, p. 89)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century (1880)
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Glynne, Stephen Richard, The Yorkshire notes of Sir Stephen Glynne (1825-1874), Woodbridge: The Boydell Press; Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 2007, p. 143
- Morris, Joseph Ernest, The West Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1932, p. 151
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the West Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1986 c1967, p. 161
- Pratt, Charles Tiplady, The History of Cawthorne, Barnsley: I.W. Davis, 1882, chapter 7: 89 [http://members.tripod.com/%7Emidgley/cawthornehistory.html]