Farlington nr. York / Fornetorp
Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
view of church exterior - north view
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Leonard's, Farlington. Stone built Norman church with a plain north doorway. Some Victorian restoration and additions including the bellcote, porch etc."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1935283] [accessed 21 June 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Leonard's Farlington - interior. This Norman church has a simple layout of nave and chancel all in one. Triple light Norman window at the east end."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gordon Hatton, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2010 by Gordon Hatton [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1935299] [accessed 21 June 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Colin Hinson [www.yorkshireCDbooks.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 26 May 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09805FAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century[altered?], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side, oposite the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Church Address: Farlington, York YO61 1NW, UK
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) of the B1363, 20 km N of York
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of York
Historical Region: Hundred of Bulford
Additional Comments: recycled font? : re-tooled? -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for this Farlington [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SE6167/farlington/] [accessed 21 June 2018], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The entry for the parish of Sheriff Hutton in the Victoria County History (York North Riding, vol. 2, 1923) notes about Farlington St Leonard's: "The church is substantially a 12th-century structure, only altered by the addition of buttresses and windows of various dates. It has undergone extensive restoration in modern times [...] The font has an octagonal bowl resting on a circular shaft and is probably of 13th-century date." The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SE6147867488] reports an "octagonal font with concave sides on circular column" in it. Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with rounded underbowl raised on an octagonal pedestal; the outer surfaces are plain and may have been re-tooled; the font appears medieval. Flat and plain wooden cover; modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original (?) 12th-century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com for the photograph of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 626767 5996355
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.09973, -1.061344
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 5′ 59.03″ N, 1° 3′ 40.84″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.