Bulmer nr. Malton / Bolemere

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Source caption: "St Martin's Church, Bulmer. The church has its origins in the 11th century with the first large scale changes taking place in the late 14th or early 15th century. The tower is 15th century with a date stone on the parapet of 1637. The last substantial alterations took place in 1898 when the chancel was reconstructed, the east and south walls were razed and completely rebuilt with new windows and a priest's door added."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Martin's Church, Bulmer. The church has its origins in the 11th century with the first large scale changes taking place in the late 14th or early 15th century. The tower is 15th century with a date stone on the parapet of 1637. The last substantial alterations took place in 1898 when the chancel was reconstructed, the east and south walls were razed and completely rebuilt with new windows and a priest's door added."
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view of church exterior - southeast view

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Wilkes, 2015
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view of church interior - detail

Source caption: "Cross head, St Martin's Church. The head of an Anglo-Saxon wheel cross hangs above the blocked north door." [NB: a church and a priest in Bulmer are recorded in the Domesday survey]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Cross head, St Martin's Church. The head of an Anglo-Saxon wheel cross hangs above the blocked north door." [NB: a church and a priest in Bulmer are recorded in the Domesday survey]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09590BUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional / Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church: W end, opposite the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Bulmer, North Yorkshire, YO60 7BN
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 3 km SW of Castle Howard, 13 km SW of Malton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Bulford
Additional Comments: recycled font? : appears re-tooled -- disappeared font? (the one from the Domesday-time church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for this Bulmer [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE6967/bulmer/] [accessed 5 October 2015]; it mentions a priest and a church in it. A font here is described in Bulmer's Directory (1890): "The font is hemispherical and large enough for immersion". The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "There was a church and a priest in Bulmer in 1086. [...] The walls of the existing nave date apparently from the 11th century, and may be either before or after the Conquest. [...] The 13th-century font has a circular bowl with an octagonal stem and base." Morris (1931) writes: "Huge, circular (?) 12th-cent. font." The font, which may be of a composite nature, consists of roughly cylindrical basin with rounded lower side to a flat underbowl, a plain octagonal pedestal of straight sides and a slightly wider lower base, also octagonal, decorated with mouldings. The basin appears to have been re-tooled, and only the upper rim retains a patina of the original stone. The flat wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with an acorn finial-handle; modern oak.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com for his photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 634787 5996469
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.098711, -0.938724
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 5′ 55.36″ N, 0° 56′ 19.4″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain

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, p. 655
  • Morris, Joseph Ernest, The North Riding of Yorkshire, London: Methuen & Co., 1931, p. 90