Raskelf / Raschel

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design element - motifs - leaf or spur - 4

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of basin - upper view

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Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's, Raskelf. Tucked away at the SW end of the village, this church looks Victorian, but hides medieval work within. The weatherboarded belfry/tower is medieval and was restores in the 20thC. Probably unique in North Yorkshire."

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09597RAS

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Church End, Raskelf, York YO61 3LG , UK

Country Name: England

Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Directions to Site: Located off the A19, 5 km from Easingwold, about 15 km from Thirsk

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N aisle

Century and Period: 12th century, Norman

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com for the photograph of this font.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Bulmer's Directory... (1890) notes: "The font is of great antiquity, probably as old as the original church." The entry for the Easingwold parish in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes: "At the end of the 12th century the church consisted of a chancel and a nave with north aisle, and of this the north arcade and perhaps the west wall remain. [...] The circular moulded font dates from the late 12th century and is surmounted by a 17th-century wooden cover." Morris (1931) notes: "Norman font, with 17th-cent. cover." In Betjeman (1958): "Norman tub font with an elegant 17th-century cover. Pevsner (1985) does not mention the font but describes the font cover: "C17. A very nice piece of radially set S- and reversed C- curves." The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a single moulding about 2/3 down; it is raised on a round-to-square lower base decorated with a large leaf (?) or spur at the angles. Several areas of the basin, including the upper rim show repaired damge.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.130635, -1.251941

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 7′ 50.29″ N, 1° 15′ 6.99″ W

UTM: 30U 614220 5999468

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: lead lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: 17th century?

Material: wood, oak?

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-12-09 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.

Betjeman, John, An American's Guide to English Parish Churches (including the Isle of Man), New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958

Bulmer, T., History, Topography, and Directory of North Yorkshire, Comprising its Ancient and Modern History; [...], Preston: T. Bulmer & Co. (T. Snape & Co. Printers), 1890

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

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Yorkshire: the North Riding, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985 c1966